ABSTRACT
Conceptualizing human well-being in terms of capabilities is effective for illuminating problems of environmental injustice and understanding how to address them. This chapter distinguishes the advantages of conceiving of well-being in terms of people’s capabilities and discusses how we can relate the vital role of the natural environment to people’s capabilities. It then shows how and why human capabilities are important to the theory and practice of the distributive, procedural, and recognition dimensions of environmental justice.
