Explaining Local Residents’ Attitudes toward Shale Gas Exploitation: The Mediating Roles of Risk and Benefit Perceptions

Explaining Local Residents’ Attitudes toward Shale Gas Exploitation: The Mediating Roles of Risk and Benefit Perceptions

Using Fishbein’s multi-attribute model, this paper proposes that the impact of socio-demographic and psychosocial factors on local residents’ overall attitude toward shale gas exploitation (SGE) is mediated by their risk and benefit perceptions. The proposition has been validated with the generalize...

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Main Authors: Liuyang Yao, Qian Zhang, Kin Keung Lai, Xianyu Cao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-10-01
Series:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Subjects:
shale gas exploitation
multi-attribute model
generalized structural equation modeling
risk perception
benefit perception
mediation analysis
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7268

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