Activity 4.2 Environmental Policy Frameworks

Environmental Conflict Resolution (2003)	Context In Environmental Conflicts (2003)	Environmental Framing Consortium (2005)
Identity An Individual asking themselves  “Who Am I? One must identify who they are as a person and how they must accept their own values and beliefs.	Legal Conflicts requiring decision making through laws and legal procedures.	Identity The importance of understanding yourself as a person is simple. It should be considered the top priority in learning who you really are.
Conflict management  Describing how conflict management should simply be managed. In a way by providing necessary acknowledgment on preferences from disputants.		Characterization  Understanding the character of a person and how they can manage to have well thought out beliefs and values.
Characterization  Individuals ask themselves “Who Are They” in regards to other people’s values and beliefs. It is a matter of understanding someone else’s point of view.	Political High authority decision making and how they would resolve a conflict.
Fact-Finding Frames Technical information being valued often by disputed components of environmental conflict.	Ecological Being influenced by different factual information through characteristics involving environmental resources.	Risk The amount of risk expected can cause a great conflict and how the acceptability amount is determined.
Social Control  Social issues involving individuals' views on how decisions should be made. Regarding the importance of social issues.		Fact-Finding Frames Environmental disputes and how the factual information is exposed through information framing.
Risk Potential benefits regarding gains and losses through assessment of potential benefit.	Economic Information influenced by resources economically.
		Conflict Management  The management of conflict disputes allows you to acknowledge different preferences.

Five-Point Environmental Policy Framework

Below is the research I have developed on environmental frameworks. It involves  frameworks that I think can be most influential.

1. Identity

• The framework Identity is important because it involves individuals answering “Who Am I?.” Before understanding anyone else, one must understand themselves.

2. Characterization 

• The framework Characterization allows people to relate to others and ask themselves, “Who are they?” By understanding some else, and understanding their different categories they have as a person.

3. Risk

• The Risk framework allows an individual who is associated with environmental hazards and actions. Also how that individual will respond to those risks.

4. Control (Social)

• The framework Social Control represents an individual and their views by allowing them to make decisions regarding social situations.

5. Fact-Finding Frames 

• The framework Fact-Finding allows people to value and use factual information from other resources. By looking at the possibility of outcomes that are found  within factual information.

The frameworks I am about to describe are the ones that I chose are used to mobilize others towards an informative action. Below are the frameworks and I have categorized them from which one I think is the most important to the least. Even though I have them all categorixed a certain way, they still are the most important ones I personally believe.

I structured the Identity framework to be at the top of the list because I view knowing who you are individually as a person will impact you for social citations in the future. People think about themselves and how they belong to certain social categories, without getting to know who they really are first. It impactfully questions their beliefs and values depending on their membership and social value in society. 

My second framework is Characterization and it allows individuals to understand how someone else can be through conflict situations. The individual has to think who that person is and what they can do to resolve the conflict. By doing so, the person has to know what they are dealing with to help benefit the reaction. Knowing the other person and their beliefs can benefit you more than you think with situations for social conflict.

My third framework is Risk and it helps an individual deal with association amongst individuals with environmental hazards or harsh actions. It allows you to view the amount of risk involved and how the risk will greatly impact that person through either potential benefits or pure conflict. Preventing conflict and allowing changes in one's actions can create positivity without any risk.

My fourth framework is Social Control and it allows individuals to view how decisions are made regarding social issues. There are two social control frameworks, one is regarding social control that differs from each other and the other is regarding the ownership of one's decisions. A person being dependent on oneself and another person being dependent on another person's decision making. 

My fifth final framework is Fact-Finding Frames and it involves the use and value of information regarding environmental conflicts. It allows you to view the perspective of a professional technical expert and how they would approach an environmental dispute. Important information coming from it that will be seeked and accepted. It also involved how the information received will affect the relationships of those people who use it. By developing information, there must be a well thought out overlook on how it can be important for the environment.

Work Cited:

Bryan, T. (2003). Context in environmental conflicts: Where you stand depends on where you sit. Environmental Practice, 5(3), 256-264.

Davis, C. B., & Lewicki, R. J. (2003). Environmental conflict resolution: Framing and intractability--an introduction. Environmental Practice, 5(3), 200-206.