How distance influences dislike: Responses to proposed fracking in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68145535%3A_____%2F19%3A00517821" target="_blank" >RIV/68145535:_____/19:00517821 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mgr/27/2/article-p92.xml" target="_blank" >https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mgr/27/2/article-p92.xml</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0008" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2019-0008</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How distance influences dislike: Responses to proposed fracking in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
Original language description
Despite extensive social science research into public perceptions and social responses to fracking, scholars have only begun to examine the relationship between distance to development and support or opposition for it. Importantly, the emerging studies are exclusively from the United States, and focus on communities and regions in which fracking already exists – in contrast to areas where it is proposed and still going through planning approvals. This paper reports public responses to proposed fracking in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. A total of 120 people participated in an in-person survey with a qualitative follow-up in four locations: the village right next to the development site, two other villages just inside and just outside the wider fracking concession area, and in the capital city of Belfast, 150 km away. A clear spatial pattern of opinion was found, from almost universal opposition to fracking next to the site, to an even three-way split between proponents, opponents and ‘neutrals’ to fracking in general, in Belfast. Results show that some risks are perceived to be more local than others, whilst perceived (economic) benefits are recognised mainly at the national level. Content analysis of local and national newspapers revealed a very clear and similar pattern. Connections to Fermanagh, through visits or long-term residence, were also clear predictors of opposition to fracking. The spatial pattern of support for fracking in Northern Ireland differs substantially from each of the contrasting patterns observed in the United States. We discuss likely reasons for this and implications for both research and policy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50704 - Environmental sciences (social aspects)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-04483S" target="_blank" >GA16-04483S: Exploring social-spatial diffusion of renewable energy projects in the Czech Republic: lessons for adaptive governance of energy transition</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Moravian Geographical Reports
ISSN
1210-8812
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
27
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
92-107
UT code for WoS article
000474739900003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85069969264