Population Size, Growth, and Environmental Justice Near Oil and Gas Wells in Colorado.
Environ Sci Technol
; 50(21): 11471-11480, 2016 11 01.
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ABSTRACT
We evaluated population size and factors influencing environmental justice near oil and gas (O&G) wells. We mapped nearest O&G well to residential properties to evaluate population size, temporal relationships between housing and O&G development, and 2012 housing market value distributions in three major Colorado O&G basins. We reviewed land use, building, real estate, and state O&G regulations to evaluate distributive and participatory justice. We found that by 2012 at least 378,000 Coloradans lived within 1 mile of an active O&G well, and this population was growing at a faster rate than the overall population. In the Denver Julesburg and San Juan basins, which experienced substantial O&G development prior to 2000, we observed a larger proportion of lower value homes within 500 feet of an O&G well and that most O&G wells predated houses. In the Piceance Basin, which had not experienced substantial prior O&G development, we observed a larger proportion of high value homes within 500 feet of an O&G well and that most houses predated O&G wells. We observed economic, rural, participatory, and/or distributive injustices that could contribute to health risk vulnerabilities in populations near O&G wells. We encourage policy makers to consider measures to reduce these injustices.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Densidad de Población
/
Yacimiento de Petróleo y Gas
Límite:
Humans
País como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article