Narrative
Preference-satisfaction models of welfare dominate environmental policy but are problematic both in respect to the value placed on environmental goods and as a basis for environmental decision making. The Philosophy Department at the University of Manchester (UoM) has developed an alternative characterisation of well-being, along with tools for its measurement and employment in policy making. Impact is delivered via a UK-based project on climate justice, focused on a need to conceptualise, measure and map vulnerability to the impacts of climate change associated with flooding and heatwaves. The framework developed has had a major influence on adaptation planning at both local and national levels, allowing authorities to identify concentrations of climate disadvantage, and to formulate policies that address specific sources of disadvantage in different locations.Impact date | 2014 |
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Category of impact | Environmental impacts, Technological impacts, Societal impacts |
Impact level | Benefit |
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Markets, Deliberation and Environment
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Climate change, justice and vulnerability
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Environmental Values
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Logical empiricism as critical theory? the debate continues
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Overshadowing of Need
Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Happiness and the good life
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review