A theoretical and methodological approach to social conflict management and analysis that can be applied to environmental conflicts is presented, as well as a set of specific environmental conflict characteristics. Based on the bibliography analysed, the topic is revisited stressing the different approach strategies used and the conceptualizations on conflicts that stem from them. The theoretical background that support these approaches and the ways conflicts are understood are used in order to propose a framework to understand and deal with social and environmental conflicts.
Social conflicts; Environmental conflicts; Conflict Management
