Contents
Introduction | Jeffrey B. Jacquet, Julia H. Haggerty, and Gene L. Theodori
Section One: Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches
1. From Climax Thinking toward a Non-equilibrium Approach to Public Good Landscape Change | Kate Sherren
2. Entangled Impacts: Human-Animal Relationships and Energy Development | Seven Mattes and Cameron T. Whitley
3. The Need for Social Scientists in Developing Social Life Cycle Assessment | Emily Grubert
4. Societal Impacts of Emerging Grassroots Energy Communities: A Capabilities-Based Assessment | Ali Adil
Section Two: Methodological Approaches
5. Analysis of Research Methods Examining Shale Oil and Gas Development | Felix N. Fernando, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, and Eric C. Larson
6. Identifying Energy Discourses across Scales in Canada with Q Methodology and Survey Research | John R. Parkins and Kate Sherren
7. A Capitals Approach to Biorefinery Siting Using an Integrative Model | Sanne A. M. Rijkhoff, Kelli Roemer, Natalie Martinkus, Tamara J. Laninga, and Season Hoard
Section Three: Case Studies and Applications
8. Cultural Counterpoints for Making Sense of Changing Agricultural and Energy Landscapes: A Pennsylvania Case Study | Weston M. Eaton, C. Clare Hinrichs, and Morey Burnham
9. The Wider Array: A Qualitative Examination of the Social and Individual Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale | Christopher W. Podeschi, Lisa Bailey-Davis, Heather Feldhaus, John Hintz, Ethan R. Minier, and Jacob Mowery
10. Drilling Impacts: A Boom or Bust for Schools? A Mixed Methods Analysis of Public Education in Six Oil and Gas States | Nathan Ratledge and Laura Zachary
11. Effective Community Engagement in Shale-Impacted Communities in the United States | Myra L. Moss, Nancy Bowen-Ellzey, and Thomas Murphy
12. A Framework for Sustainable Siting of Wind Energy Facilities: Economic, Social, and Environmental Factors | Ronald Meyers, Patrick Miller, Todd Schenk, Richard F. Hirsh, Achla Marathe, Anju Seth, Marc J. Stern, Jisoo Sim, and Sevda Ozturk Sari
About the Authors
Index