The Unknown Risks of Fracking

摘要: The objective of this research was to identify hydraulic fracturing regulations from a range of jurisdictions, verify the grounds for regulatory intervention within the scientific literature and categorize the statements according to the geospatial application. Specific regulations constraining aspects of hydraulic fracturing activities from jurisdictions across the world were collated to identify common features relating to environmental protection, administrative requirements and grammatical structure. Regulations from 55 jurisdictions including states in the US, provinces in Canada, Australian states, European countries, Africa and South America were assessed and common focus areas identified, allowing for the development of a regulatory suite of universal application. Regulations could be ascribed to partitions of the environment including the lithosphere, the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, biosphere and the social …