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Social-Ecology : exploring the missing link in sustainable development

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  • Eloi Laurent

    (OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po)

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Environmental challenges are, at their root, social problems that arise from income and power inequality. Thus, inequality is an environmental issue just as environmental degradation is a social issue(forming a "social-ecological nexus"), and solutions must address them jointly through principles and institutions rooted in justice. This article develops a two-sided "social- ecological" approach to offer both analytical and empirical insights into the dynamics of this relationship and a policy path forward

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  • Eloi Laurent, 2015. "Social-Ecology : exploring the missing link in sustainable development," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-01136326, HAL.
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