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Bundle below: understanding unconventional oil and gas development through analysis of lease agreements / Bugden, Dylan; Kay, David ; Glynn, Russell ; Stedman, Richard

Kay, David	Journal Article
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Unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD) has recently become the subject of much research. However, neglected during this effort are the leases signed between landowner and industry that act as the foundation for development and may influence the distribution and intensity of associated impacts. These leases amount to an inscribed collection of rules and practices that define a wide variety of conditions related to development. The temporal and geographic distribution of lease terms may directly influence a number of phenomena of interest to scholars studying UOGD. In order to advance research on the subject, we (1) describe and outline research topics that could be addressed by applying social science methods to the analysis of leases and specific lease provisions, (2) discuss challenges and strategies for data collection and (3) review policy implications of lease related research.

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Fracking ; Unconventional Oil and Gas Development ; Lease

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How geographic distance and political ideology interact to influence public perception of unconventional oil/natural gas develop / Clarke, Christopher E; Bugden, Dylan ; Hart, P Sol ; Stedman, Richard C

Hart, P Sol	Journal Article
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A growing area of research has addressed public perception of unconventional oil and natural gas development via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”). We extend this research by examining how geographic proximity to such extraction interacts with political ideology to influence issue support. Regression analysis of data from a fall 2013 national telephone survey of United States residents reveals that as respondents’ geographic distance from areas experiencing significant development increases, political ideology becomes more strongly associated with issue support, with the liberal-partisan divide widening. Our findings support construal level theory's central premise: that people use more abstract considerations (like political ideology) the more geographically removed they are from an issue. We discuss implications for studying public opinion of energy development as well as for risk communication.

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Public Perception ; Proximity ; Hydraulic Fracturing ; Construal Level Theory ; Risk communication ; Unconventional Oil and Gas Development

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