| Title | Environmental justice, capabilities, and the theorization of well-being |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Authors | Edwards, Gareth A. S., Louise Reid, and Colin Hunter |
| Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pagination | 754-769 |
| ISSN | 0309-1325 |
| Abstract | Environmental justice (EJ) scholarship is increasingly framing justice in terms of capabilities. This paper argues that capabilities are fundamentally about well-being and as such there is a need to more explicitly theorize well-being. We explore how capabilities have come to be influential in EJ and how well-being has been approached so far in EJ specifically and human geography more broadly. We then introduce a body of literature from social psychology which has grappled theoretically with questions about well-being, using the insights we gain from it to reflect on some possible trajectories and challenges for EJ as it engages with well-being. |
| URL | https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132515620850 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0309132515620850 |
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