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Écologie et inégalités

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  • Eloi Laurent

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

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This article presents a survey of some contemporary questions at the crossroads of environmental and social issues. It starts by exploring the case of developing countries, where poverty and environmental degradations are closely related and fuelled by bad governance. The article then considers the link between income inequalities and quality of environmental policies and discusses some critical takes on the so-called "Environmental Kuznets curve". In a third part, the article tries to define with some precision the notion of "environmental justice" and "environmental inequalities" and finally defends the idea of compatibility between social and environmental imperatives under the form of public "social-ecological" policies.

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  • Eloi Laurent, 2009. "Écologie et inégalités," SciencePo Working papers Main hal-03459964, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-03459964
    DOI: 10.3917/reof.109.0033
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    Keywords

    Inégalités; Justice environnementale; Politiques social-écologiques;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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