Operationalizing the Capabilities Approach to Understand Neighborhood Well-Being in a Participatory Action Research Study
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Binet, Andrew; Sportiche, Noémie; Gavin, Vedette; Arcaya, Mariana C.
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The capabilities approach is useful for evaluating progress toward the just city. We report how a Participatory Action Research consortium studying neighborhood change and well-being designed a survey instrument measuring respondents’ ability to fulfill a set of common life priorities. We present data on priority endorsement and fulfillment, and conduct a factor analysis to explore the underlying structure of the instrument. We argue that the instrument operationalizes the capabilities approach and serves as a model for using participatory methods to evaluate the impact of planning interventions on social justice and health equity.
Date issued
2023-10-31Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and PlanningJournal
Journal of Planning Education and Research
Publisher
SAGE Publications
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Binet, A., Sportiche, N., Gavin, V., & Arcaya, M. C. (2023). Operationalizing the Capabilities Approach to Understand Neighborhood Well-Being in a Participatory Action Research Study. Journal of Planning Education and Research.
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0739-456X
1552-6577