(Mis-)matching framing foci: Understanding policy consensus among coastal governance frames
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The push and pull between innovation and conservatism is a normal situation in Dutch coastal governance. In some cases this leads to conflicts over which policy solution to choose. This paper argues that coastal governance processes are shaped by policy frames. They influence what actors consider the policy problem, the appropriate solution, and the way to achieve this solutions. The paper features a Dutch coastal governance project called “Hondsbossche Duinen”, in which the mismatching of heterogeneous policy framing foci almost led to breakdown of the process. After a phase leading to controversy and shifts in project management, the project eventually became realised successfully. This near-breakdown and eventual success is studied from the perspective of framing foci: policy substance, policy process, and actors' identities and relationships. In-depth interviews with policy actors allow for a nuanced analysis of those framing foci. We show that dynamics of emphasising and ignoring similarities and dissimilarities between actors’ framing foci explain the developments in the case. Emphasising dissimilarities and ignoring similarities produced controversy in the first phase of the case. In the end, emphasising similarities and the emergence of a consensus framing focus led to policy consensus.
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The Sand Motor and HBD were selected because both sites experience innovative, nature-based coastal management.
“These two case studies were selected because both sites experience innovative, nature-based coastal management (Aukes et al., 2020).”
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The Introduction describes Hondsbossche Duinen as the site of the Netherlands’ first non-experimental mega-nourishment, and Section 4.3 describes its sandy coastal-protection plan. That supports the characterization of HBD as an innovative coastal-management site. Our copy does not address the Sand Motor or say that both sites were selected for this reason (searched: “Sand Motor”). (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredDutch coastal management involves numerous public and private sectors at different national and local levels.
“Based on the previous studies by Van Alphen (1995) and Aukes et al. (2020), Dutch coastal management involves numerous public and private sectors at different national and local levels.”
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Bakhshianlamouki, E., Augustijn, E.-W., Brugnach, M., Voinov, A., & Wijnberg, K. (2025) · Environmental Research Communications · doi:10.1088/2515-7620/adc353
- Authors
- Aukes, E., Lulofs, K., & Bressers, H.
- Affiliations
- University of Twente (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Aukes, Ewert
- ORCID
- Aukes, Ewert
- Venue
- Ocean & Coastal Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-11
- Volume
- 197
- Pages
- 105286
- ISSN
- 0964-5691 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3064805056
- Cited by
- 10
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2
- FWCI
- 1.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Ocean & Coastal Management (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- University of Twente Research Information (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Coastal and Marine Management
- Social Sciences › Public Administration › Public Policy and Administration Research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Keywords
- coastal governance, policy framing, policy consensus, policy process, actor identity, policy problem definition, policy conflict
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