Print Email Facebook Twitter Are good intentions enough? Evaluating social sustainability in urban development projects through the capability approach Title Are good intentions enough? Evaluating social sustainability in urban development projects through the capability approach Author Janssen, C. (TU Delft Practice Chair Urban Area Development) Basta, Claudia Date 2022 Abstract Social sustainability is a multidimensional concept sensitive to the contexts of its application. This study explores how it is interpreted and applied in urban planning practices in which general social sustainability goals are translated into specific urban design interventions. Building upon Sen’s Capability Approach (CA), we analyse the gap between the operationalization of social sustainability goals in Urban Development Projects (UDPs) from the perspective of urban planners, and the following experiences of the residents in the developed urban areas. By applying a capability-based evaluative framework to a UDP in Amsterdam, the study reveals that residents value distinct urban functionings and experience different enabling factors related to urban social sustainability. We conclude that the CA provides an operationalizable framework for assessing how social sustainability goals defined at the early stage of UDPs translate in the actual capabilities of the urban residents for whom those very goals were conceived. Subject Social sustainabilityUrban development projectsCapability approach operationalisationEvaluative frameworkAmsterdam To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:91002474-1ad9-4aa2-8dc3-cb67bbbd5ae1 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2022.2136936 ISSN 0965-4313 Source European Planning Studies, 1-22 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2022 C. Janssen, Claudia Basta Files PDF Janssen_Basta_2022_Are_go ... proach.pdf 2.6 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:91002474-1ad9-4aa2-8dc3-cb67bbbd5ae1/datastream/OBJ/view