Operationalizing the Capabilities Approach to Understand Neighborhood Well-Being in a Participatory Action Research Study

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 da...

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Principais autores: Binet, Andrew, Sportiche, Noémie, Gavin, Vedette, Arcaya, Mariana C.
Outros Autores: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado em: SAGE Publications 2024
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/155290
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Resumo: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.