Allocating the earth: a distributional framework for protecting capabilities in environmental law and policy

This title advances a new distributional framework to guide the evaluation and design of environmental policies. Drawing on capabilities theory, especially as articulated in Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach to justice, it proposes that environmental policies should aim to secure the basic capabilities that make it possible for people to live a flourishing and dignified human life

Introduction:Economic analysis, democratic procedure, and distributional assessment in environmental policy --Valuation, justification, and participation in contemporary environmental policy --Capabilities, well-being, and social justice --A capabilities approach to environmental valuation --A capabilities approach to policy justification --A capabilities approach to democratic participation in regulatory rulemaking --Conclusion:Climate justice, political capabilities, and the future of human fellowship

This book advances a new distributional framework to guide the evaluation and design of environmental policies. Drawing on capabilities theory, especially as articulated in Martha Nussbaum's capabilities approach to justice, the book proposes that environmental policies should aim to secure the basic capabilities that make it possible for people to live a flourishing and dignified human life. Holland begins by establishing protection of the natural environment ascentral to securing these capabilities and then considers the implications for debates in environmental valuation, policy justificati