Strong sustainability, critical natural capital and the capability approach

• Autores: Jérôme Pelenc, Jerôme Ballet
• Localización: Ecological Economics, ISSN-e 1873-6106, Nº. 112, 2015, págs. 36-44
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.