The social life of mangroves

Neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in the changing landscape of Kutch

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ID4464451
AutoresShilpi Srivastava (0000-0002-9046-2756, Institute of Development Studies, autor correspondente), Lyla Mehta (0000-0001-5327-2964, Institute of Development Studies)
Ano2023
Volume6
Fascículo4
Páginas2229-2248
Data de publicação2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEnvironment and Planning E Nature and Space (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2514-8486 • E-ISSN: 2514-8494
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/25148486211045360
OpenAlexW3208599896
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas32

This article explores the convergence of neoliberal development and mangrove conservation in marginal environments, which are becoming the new resource frontiers. We focus on Kutch, a border district in western India and highlight how the contested trajectories of accelerated and aggressive industrialisation and its convergence with state and corporate-led conservation programmes are shaping the social life of mangroves on the Kutchi coast. We focus on the discourses, practices and politics of value-making and un-making that constitute the multiple modalities of repair as mangroves are depleted and securitised simultaneously. Although these trends are augmenting capitalist accumulation on the coast, they are also giving rise to new kinds of alliances that seek to challenge the logic and practice of repair by highlighting the synergistic relationship of coastal communities with their mangrove habitats

Biology · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Geography · Industrialisation · Mangrove · Political science · Politics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Water Governance and Infrastructure · Ecology