Agricultural Land Use and Natural Gas Extraction Conflicts: A Global Socio-Legal Perspective

Cover
Half
Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Foreword
Preface and acknowledgements
Acronyms and abbreviations
1. Introduction
	Introduction and background
	Scope of the book
	The importance of coexistence and contestation in the context of unconventional gas
	Unconventional gas resources and their development
	Overview of the book
	Book contribution
	Notes
PART I: Socio-regulatory theories related to unconventional gas extraction and agricultural activities
	2. Natural resource governance and land use conflict
		Introduction
		Ownership, natural resources and the governance paradigm
		Theoretical foundations of natural resource governance
		Managing natural resource governance conflicts
		Conclusion
		Notes
	3. The value of agricultural land: The right to food, food security and food sovereignty
		Introduction
		The human right to adequate food
		Food security
		Food sovereignty
		Conclusion
		Notes
	4. Theories of adaptive management, precautionary principle and the statist approach
		Introduction
		Policy
		The theory of regulation
		Unconventional gas regulation
		Conclusion
		Notes
PART II: Socio-regulatory approaches in a comparative context
	5. Queensland, Australia
		Introduction
		The Australian legal framework regulating coal seam gas
		Administrative authorities and regulatory oversight
		Conclusion
		Notes
	6. British Columbia, Canada
		Introduction
		The Canadian legal framework regulating unconventional gas
		Legal framework regulating unconventional gas activities
		An adaptive approach to managing conflicting interests: The ALC–OGC Delegation Agreement
		Conclusion
		Notes
	7. United Kingdom
		Introduction
		Value, importance and history of shale gas in the UK
		Value and importance of agricultural land in the UK
		Accessing agricultural land for shale gas activities
		Governance of shale gas activities in agricultural areas
		Conclusion
		Notes
	8. New York State, USA
		Introduction
		The precautionary principle as a regulatory approach
		The American legal framework regulating unconventional gas
		The precautionary approach of New York State
		Conclusion
		Notes
	9. France
		Introduction
		Shale gas resources in France and their exploitation in agricultural regions
		The value of shale gas in France’s energy security framework
		Banning of shale gas in France and the extension to oil and gas –
application of the precautionary principle
		Value in agricultural land: Food security, food sovereignty
and food culture in France: The importance of provenance
and Geographical Indicators
		Conclusion
		Notes
	10. Poland
		Introduction
		The importance of energy security in Poland
		Shale gas resources in Poland and their role in energy security
		Agricultural land, food Security and its relationship with energy
		Polarised Poland: Food or energy?
		Conclusion
		Notes
	11. China
		Introduction
		Food security and energy security in China
		Regulatory framework for shale gas extraction in China
		The interaction of shale gas extraction, agricultural activities and land access: The food security–energy security nexus
		The regulatory conundrum – statist regulation in an energy
hungry, market-oriented economy
		Conclusion
		Notes
PART III: Socio-regulatory responses and conclusions
	12. Collectivisation and collective bargaining
		Introduction
		Trends in agricultural land and unconventional gas contestation
		The theory and power of collectivisation
		A collective solution?
		Collective bargaining within the Australian competition law framework
		Challenges and opportunities of collective bargaining
		Conclusion: How will landholder input create a more effective land access regime?
		Notes
	13. Conclusion
		Introduction
		The intersection of agriculture and shale gas
		Approaches to the regulatory conundrum: Energy security or food security?
		Solutions to conflict: Collective action as a new way forward
		Conclusion
		Notes
References
Cases, legislation and treaties
Index