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Céline Janssen

260 pages

ISBN 978-94-6366-799-9

Published: 2024-01-15

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Developing places for human capabilities Understanding how social sustainability goals are governed into urban development projects

Céline Janssen
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This dissertation develops an understanding towards governing social sustainability goals into area-based urban development projects. It draws on Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach to construct a capability-centered evaluation of how institutionalized governance processes around these projects ultimately affect people’s freedoms to do the things they value in their urban living environment. Presenting case studies from the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria, the approach adopted in this...