Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Development in China: Assessment and Regulation

ISBN-13: 9789811604898 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 103 str.

Meiyu Guo; Jianliang Wang

Spis treści

Introduction.- A review of environmental risks in shale gas development.- Assessment of water resource constraints on shale gas development in China.- Assessment of carbon emissions from shale gas development in China.- Environmental regulatory systems of shale gas development in China.- Conclusion and discussion.

O autorze

Meiyu Guo is a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University and a research fellow at the Asia Energy Study Centre. She studies environmental impacts of energy development, with a focus on the production of shale gas. She has collected valuable first-hand data through fieldwork in shale gas fields in China and the USA.

Jianliang Wang is an associate professor in the School of Economics and Management at China University of Petroleum, Beijing, and the vice director of Research Center for China's Oil and Gas Industry Development. His main research interest includes resources availability of fossil fuels and environmental impacts of unconventional gas resources.