Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure Insecurity by Abdul L. Ab... - 9783031569319

Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure InsecurityVandalism, Threats, and Conflicts in the Niger Delta and the Global South\nAuthor(s): Abdul L. Abraham Jatto\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9783031569319, 978-3031569319\nSynopsis\nThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of infrastructure insecurity issues in the historic Niger Delta, drawing on empirical fieldwork involving host communities, regulators, and multinational oil and gas operators. It introduces innovative models and theories, such as a pipeline life cycle model focusing on community development, community neglect aggression displacement theory, social aggression theory, stakeholders policy development model, contemporary poor governance cycle model, and an infrastructure insecurity nexus model, linking governance, socio-economic conditions, and infrastructure insecurity in resource-rich regions of the Global South. The book bridges gaps.