Lampkin, Jack ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5104-8758 and Hall, Matthew (2021) The perceived impact of fracking on energy security and property values in the United Kingdom: An analysis of interviews with key-informants. The Extractive Industries and Society, 8 (2).

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Abstract

A considerable body of academic research has emerged in the last decade identifying many environmental consequences of unconventional hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’ or ‘UHF’) in the U.K. (for example, on climate change, air pollution, wastewater disposal and water contamination). However, there is much less research on the economic implications of fracking, particularly regarding property values and contributions toward energy security. This article will draw upon primary data collected through twenty semi-structured interviews with key-informants to the fracking industry in the U.K. (including a variety of interviewees from regulatory bodies, academia, the oil and gas industry, and anti-fracking campaigners, giving a reasonable breadth of knowledge, experience and opinion). Qualitative analysis of interview data concludes fracking will contribute only minimally to energy security, whilst having a perceived negative impact for the value of property, particularly those located within close proximity to extraction sites.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
DOI:	doi10.1016/j.exis.2021.02.007
School/Department:	York Business School
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/5863

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