Systematically Incorporating Environmental Objectives into Shale Gas Pipeline Development: A Binary Integer, Multiobjective Spatial Optimization Model.
Environ Sci Technol
; 53(12): 7155-7162, 2019 06 18.
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| ID: mdl-31050415
ABSTRACT
Shale gas pipeline development can have negative environmental impacts, including adverse effects on species and ecosystems through habitat degradation and loss. From a societal perspective, pipeline development planning processes should account for such externalities. We develop a multiobjective binary integer-programming model, called the Multi Objective Pipeline Siting (MOPS) model, to incorporate habitat externalities into pipeline development and to estimate the trade-offs between pipeline development costs and habitat impacts. We demonstrate the utility of the model using an application from Bradford and Susquehanna counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. We find that significant habitat impacts can be avoided for relatively low cost, but the avoidance of the additional habitat impacts becomes gradually and increasingly costly. For example, 10% of the habitat impacts can be avoided at less than a two percent pipeline cost increase relative to a configuration that ignores habitat impacts. MOPS or a similar model could be integrated into the pipeline siting and permitting process so oil and gas companies, communities, and states can identify cost-effective options for habitat conservation near shale gas development.
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Colección:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ecosistema
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Gas Natural
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Sci Technol
Año:
2019
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos