Disturbed earth : conceptions of the deep underground in shale extraction deliberations in the US and UK
Partridge, Tristan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Thomas, Merryn (Cardiff Universit. School of Psychology)
Pidgeon, Nick (Cardiff Universit. School of Psychology)
Harthorn, Barbara (University of California. Center for Nanotechnology in Society)

Data:	2019
Resum:	Hydraulic fracturing ('fracking') has enabled the recovery of previously inaccessible resources and rendered new areas of the underground 'productive'. While a number of studies in the US and UK have examined public attitudes toward fracking and its various impacts, how people conceptualise the deep underground itself has received less attention. We argue that views on resources, risk and the deep underground raise important questions about how people perceive the desirability and viability of subterranean interventions. We conducted day-long deliberation workshops (two in each country), facilitating discussions among diverse groups of people on prospective shale extraction in the US and UK. Themes that emerged in these conversations include seeing the Earth as a foundation; natural limits (a greater burden than the subsurface can withstand versus simply overuse of natural resources); and ideas about the fragility, instability and opacity of the deep underground. We find that concerns in both countries were not limited to specific, localised impacts but also addressed ecosystem links between surface and subsurface environments and broader questions about the use, identification and value of natural resources.
Ajuts:	European Commission 640715 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MDM-2015-0552
Nota:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu MdM-2015-0552
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Matèria:	Environmental values ; Extraction ; Fracking ; Public deliberation ; Underground
Publicat a:	Environmental values, Vol. 28, no. 6 (Dec. 2019) , p. 641-663, ISSN 0963-2719

DOI: 10.3197/096327119X15579936382482

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