Agricultural Land Use and Natural Gas Extraction Conflicts: A Global Socio-Legal Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780367582982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 260 str.

Madeline Taylor; Tina Hunter

Opis

This book explores the socio-regulatory dimensions of coexistence between agricultural and onshore unconventional gas land uses.

Spis treści

 

1. Introduction







Part I: Socio-Regulatory Theories Related to Unconventional Gas Extraction and Agricultural Activities









2. Natural Resource Governance and Land Use Conflict











3. The Value of Agricultural Land: the Right to Food, Food Security and Food Sovereignty











4. Theories of Adaptive Management, Precautionary Principle and the Statist Approach







Part II: Socio-Regulatory Approaches in a Comparative Context









5. Queensland, Australia











6. British Columbia, Canada











7. United Kingdom











8. New York State, USA











9. France











10. Poland











11. China







Part III: Socio-Regulatory Responses and Conclusions









12. Collectivisation and Collective Bargaining











13. Conclusion

O autorze

Madeline Taylor specialises in the areas of Natural Resources Law specialising in the regulation of land for multiple uses – particularly the intersection between energy activities on agricultural land. Her research and publications focus on the fields of natural resource regulation, resource development approvals in agricultural areas and private landholder resource compensation and negotiation agreements. She was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Scholarship and Dean’s Scholarship in recognition of the importance of her comparative law PhD thesis examining the regulatory coexistence of unconventional gas activities on priority agricultural. Dr Taylor was previously an inter-disciplinary Visiting Scholar at the University of British Columbia examining the regulation of shale gas activities within the Agricultural Land Reserve. She has also held research positions within the Centre for Coal Seam Gas at the University of Queensland and the Centre for Commercial Law at Bond University. Currently Dr Taylor holds an Academic Fellow position at The University of Sydney Law School and teaches Corporations Law, Real Property Law and Personal Property Law. Her multi-disciplinary research publications and grants to date includes over thirty-five papers and numerous governmental reports focusing on natural resources law, corporate law, competition law and agricultural law and policy.

Tina Hunter is the Director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) and the Professor in Petroleum Law at the University of Aberdeen. She teaches and researches in the area of petroleum law (offshore), Arctic resources law and shale gas law. She has received academic qualifications in marine sediments and geology, political science, applied science, and law, completing her PhD at the University of Bergen, Norway. She presently is an Honorary Professor at the University of Eastern Finland and Murdoch University. She has undertaken teaching and research in numerous countries including the UK, Australia, Norway, Canada, Iceland, Greece, Finland, Russia, the USA and the Philippines. Her expertise in regulating of petroleum activities has been sought worldwide, undertaking activities such as analysing petroleum laws, drafting legislation and advising governments, industry groups and NGO's worldwide.