Publications

Over the last 2½ years, EFC members conducted extensive analysis of qualitative data on eight intractable environmental conflicts. 

Data were collected for each site through interviews with individual stakeholders in the conflict, from archival materials, and from newspaper coverage when available. In four cases (Voyageurs, Doan Brook, Quincy Library and Ohio Water Anti-Degradation), observation of ongoing interactions among the stakeholders was also conducted, because stakeholders were meeting collectively from time to time to address various issues in the conflict.

Using these data, we prepared eight lengthy case studies (one for each conflict). 

These case studies form the core of the book we have written, entitled, Making Sense of Intractable Environmental Conflicts, which is published by Island Press. Click here to read a more detailed description about this book.

Our work on this project has recently been published in a special "framing" issue of the journal, Environmental Practice. This special issue features several articles addressing the case studies from the EFC project. Abstracts for these articles are available from the journal website; simply click on an article title below to view the corresponding abstract in a new browser window: "Environmental Conflict Resolution: Framing and Intractability -- An Introduction," by Craig B. Davis and Roy J. Lewicki "Us versus Them: How Identities and Characterizations Influence Conflict," by Julia M. Wondolleck, Barbara Gray, and Todd Bryan "Risk Perception Frames in Environmental Decision Making," by Michael Elliott "Just the Facts, Please: Framing and Technical Information," by Sanda Kaufman, Robert Gardner, and Guy Burgess "Social Control Frames: Opportunities or Constraints?" by Tarla Rai Peterson "Means to What End? Conflict Management Frames," by Barbara Gray and Linda L. Putnam "We Can't Go On Like This: Frame Changes in Intractable Conflicts," by Linda L. Putnam, Guy Burgess, and Rebecca Royer "Context in Environmental Conflict: Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit," by Todd Bryan "Building Civic Capacity to Resolve Environmental Conflicts," by Michael Elliott and Sanda Kaufman   Environmental Practice is the journal of the National Association of Environmental Professionals. It is published by Cambridge University Press, in cooperation with the Graduate Program in Environmental Studies, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA.