Zharrëz, Albania is home to Europe’s largest onshore oil field. After 67 years of conventional oil drilling, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is now used in the oil field. The goal of our project was to document women’s experiences with fracking in Zharrëz and produce media and other deliverables to amplify the perspectives of underrepresented people in disaster risk management (DRM). We visited oil wells in fracking zones, speaking with residents about air, water, and soil pollution from oil extraction. We interviewed 20 women and 7 men and conducted participatory activities related to life in fracking zones. We applied 4 theoretical frameworks to understand these experiences. We recommend DRM projects incorporate narrative elicitation activities in future risk assessments.

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Creator

• Darer, Samuel
• Sheehan, Alexandria
• Frunzi, Sara

Subject

• Innovation
• Industry
• Environment
• Infrastructure
• Project-Based Learning
• Community
• Inclusion

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121522-122750
• 83416

Keyword

• disaster risk management
• narratives
• women
• vulnerable groups
• Albania
• fracking

Advisor

• Dodson, Leslie Lynn
• Hersh, Robert

Year

• 2022

Center

• Tirana, Albania Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• UNDP Albania

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 5 - Gender Equality
• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2022-12-15

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121522-122750

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-12