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The Landscape Legacies of Gas Drilling in North Texas

In North Texas, the Barnett Shale underlies large areas of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex (DFW), which magnifies debates about the externalities of shale gas development (SGD). Continued demand for natural gas and expansive urbanization in DFW will cause more people to come in contact with drilling rigs, gas transport, and other urban shale gas landscapes. Thousands of gas wells within the DFW region occupy a large, yet scattered land surface area. DFW city planners, elected officials, and other stakeholders must deal with current and future urban growth and the surface impacts that are associated with gas development. This research examines how shale gas landscapes affect urban land uses, landscapes, and patterns of development in DFW. The study focuses on multiple fast growing DFW municipalities that also have high numbers of gas well pad sites. This study asks what are the spatial characteristics of gas well production sites in DFW and how do these sites vary across the region; how do gas well production sites affect urban growth and development; and how are city governments and surface developers responding to gas well production sites, and what are the dominant themes of contestation arising around gas well production sites and suburban growth?

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc849745
Date05 1900
CreatorsSakinejad, Michael Cyrus
ContributorsFry, Matthew, Tiwari, Chetan, Briggle, Adam
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvii, 81 pages : illustrations, Text
CoverageUnited States - Texas - Dallas County, United States - Texas - Tarrant County
RightsPublic, Sakinejad, Michael Cyrus, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved.

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