A framework to analyse the implications of coastal transformation on inclusive development

•Develops an analytical framework to assess the impacts of coastal transformation on development.•Analytical framework evaluates impacts on inclusive development.•Core elements of AASW framework are: impacts on access to resources (A), allocation of impacts (A), and subjective wellbeing (SW).•Past transformations have not generated universal benefits, and have created some losers.•AASW framework is designed to enhance policy-making related to coastal transformation with the aim of ‘leaving no one behind’.