Does development have to be a zero-sum game?

OVER the past several months, there has been an apparent surge in public resistance to a number of high-profile infrastructure projects that have either been proposed or, in a few cases, actually started. It is not unusual for large-scale development projects to be faced with pushback from affected communities, but the increasing number and intensity of these controversies here is cause for concern, because it indicates that there are deep flaws in the manner in which projects are assessed and a