Strong sustainability, critical natural capital and the capability approach

Jérôme Pelenc () and Jerome Ballet

Ecological Economics, 2015, vol. 112, issue C, 36-44

Abstract: This article is an attempt to conceptually improve the notion of strong sustainability by creating a rapprochement between its core concept, critical natural capital, and the capability approach. We first demonstrate that the capability approach constitutes a relevant framework for analysing the multiple links between human well-being and critical natural capital. Second, we demonstrate that the rapprochement between critical natural capital and the capability approach can form both the normative basis and the informational basis for a deliberative approach to human development which embraces a strong sustainability perspective. This conceptual rapprochement, as illustrated in our case study, opens up avenues of research towards the practical implementation of human development projects from a strong sustainability perspective.

Keywords: Capability approach; Strong sustainability; Critical natural capital; Ecosystem services; Multidimensionality; Public deliberation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.02.006

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