Applying frame analysis and reframing for integrated conservation and development: example from Mumbai. Issue 4 (19th May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boda, Chad Stephen
• Is Part Of: Development in practice. Volume 27:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 528
• Page End: 543
• Publication Date: 2017-05-19
• Subjects: Environment (built and natural) -- Governance and public policy -- Labour and livelihoods – Poverty reduction -- Methods -- South Asia; Technical assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 338.91091724
• DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2017.1308469
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0961-4524

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The way we frame a given problem structures the content that is brought into focus and thus the kinds of practical steps seen as necessary to alleviate it. This article interrogates two competing partial framings implicated in ongoing controversy over mangrove destruction in Vikhroli East, Mumbai, which have precluded integrated conservation and development. The article analyses the content of each particular framing, identifies their respective "blind spots", and evaluates the validity of various frame components. It concludes with an exemplary alternative reframing arguably more conducive to social justice and sustainability in Vikhroli East and beyond.