CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Balogh Sára |
|---|---|
| Title | The Integration of Environmental Justice into Urban Sustainability A Comparative Analysis of Barcelona and Oslo |
| Summary | This thesis investigates the integration of environmental justice into urban policymaking within the sustainability strategies of two reputedly sustainable cities, Barcelona and Oslo. Despite the widespread recognition of the need to balance environmental, economic, and social benefits of development initiatives, the latter often remains sidelined in planning and implementing strategies to mitigate or adapt to climate change in urban settings. Drawing on the theoretical framework of environmental justice, encompassing the pillars of distribution, recognition, and procedure, a comprehensive document analysis is carried out, to illuminate the ways in which social impacts and environmental justice concerns are addressed in the specific governance contexts of Barcelona and Oslo. The findings reveal a significantly deeper integration of environmental justice in Barcelona, with comprehensive considerations of existing distributional disparities and the diversity of needs present in the city informing practical action. In contrast, the approach of Oslo, embedded in a neoliberal governance framework, demonstrates a lower level of engagement, embodied by symbolic conceptualizations of justice and initiatives motivated by economic incentives. While the study identifies effective practices to incorporate environmental justice into urban sustainability strategies, it also offers insights on the operationalization and significance of environmental justice within sustainability endeavors in a European context. |
| Supervisor | Alexios Antypas |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/balogh_sara.pdf |
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