TY - JOUR
T1 - Development pathways at the agriculture–urban interface
T2 - the case of Central Arizona
AU - Bausch, Julia C.
AU - Eakin, Hallie
AU - Smith-Heisters, Skaidra
AU - York, Abigail
AU - White, Dave
AU - Rubiños, Cathy
AU - Aggarwal, Rimjhim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Particular visions of urban development are often codified in multi-year resource management policies. These policies, and the negotiations leading to them, are based in specific problem frames and narratives with long legacies. As conditions change and knowledge improves, there is often a need to revisit how problems, opportunities, and development pathways were defined historically, and to consider the viability of alternative pathways for development. In this article, we examine the case of agriculture near Metropolitan Phoenix, in the Central Arizona region, to highlight how frames and narratives embedded in policy can reinforce particular development pathways, even as information, conditions, and values evolve. Using expert interviews and secondary data, we document alternative frames and narratives that may offer different pathways for development and sustainability in the region. By highlighting alternative narratives, we demonstrate the uncertainties and limitations associated with all narratives about development pathways, and explore the possibilities that narrative shifts can alter future outcomes.
AB - Particular visions of urban development are often codified in multi-year resource management policies. These policies, and the negotiations leading to them, are based in specific problem frames and narratives with long legacies. As conditions change and knowledge improves, there is often a need to revisit how problems, opportunities, and development pathways were defined historically, and to consider the viability of alternative pathways for development. In this article, we examine the case of agriculture near Metropolitan Phoenix, in the Central Arizona region, to highlight how frames and narratives embedded in policy can reinforce particular development pathways, even as information, conditions, and values evolve. Using expert interviews and secondary data, we document alternative frames and narratives that may offer different pathways for development and sustainability in the region. By highlighting alternative narratives, we demonstrate the uncertainties and limitations associated with all narratives about development pathways, and explore the possibilities that narrative shifts can alter future outcomes.
KW - Agriculture–urban interface
KW - Arizona
KW - Frames and narratives
KW - Local agriculture
KW - Pathways
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U2 - 10.1007/s10460-015-9589-8
DO - 10.1007/s10460-015-9589-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84944684004
VL - 32
SP - 743
EP - 759
JO - Agriculture and Human Values
JF - Agriculture and Human Values
SN - 0889-048X
IS - 4
ER -