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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111718
	The impact of water scarcity on support for hydraulic fracturing regulation: A water-energy nexus study
	Hannibal B.; Portney K.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	03014215
卷号	146
英文摘要	The rise of unconventional oil and gas development in the form of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has drawn much attention from media, scholars, and policy makers, and Texas has frequently been the epicenter of this attention. This paper looks at fracking through a particular lens, that of an extraction process that relies heavily on water. This “water-energy nexus” has been studied in terms of the physical connections, but little research exists on how ordinary people might understand that nexus. This paper examines the effect of people's awareness of the water-energy nexus and county-level drought characteristics on their support for increased regulation of water issues associated with hydraulic fracturing. The analysis uses data from a Texas-based public opinion survey, and county-level data from the U.S. Drought Monitor and the Texas Railroad Commission. Multi-level modeling techniques are used to examine the impact of proximity, local water scarcity, and individual awareness of the water-energy nexus on people's willingness to support regulating aspects of water in hydraulic fracturing practices. The paper supports the hypothesis that individual awareness of the energy-water nexus and local water scarcity affects willingness to support greater regulation and concludes with some policy recommendations to improve policy transparency surrounding hydraulic fracturing. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
关键词	Drought Hydraulic fracturing Public policy Water-energy nexus
英文关键词	Drought; Fracture; Social aspects; Drought characteristics; Extraction process; Multilevel model; Ordinary people; Physical connections; Policy recommendations; Public opinions; Unconventional oil and gas; Hydraulic fracturing; drought; energy policy; extraction method; hydraulic fracturing; modeling; policy approach; water resource; Texas; United States
语种	英语
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/204692
作者单位	Texas A&M University, 1119 Allen Bldg, 4350 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4350, United States; Texas A&M University, 1113A Allen Bldg, 4350 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-4350, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hannibal B.,Portney K.. The impact of water scarcity on support for hydraulic fracturing regulation: A water-energy nexus study[J],2020,146.
APA	Hannibal B.,&Portney K..(2020).The impact of water scarcity on support for hydraulic fracturing regulation: A water-energy nexus study.Energy Policy,146.
MLA	Hannibal B.,et al."The impact of water scarcity on support for hydraulic fracturing regulation: A water-energy nexus study".Energy Policy 146(2020).