Social justice and spatial inequality

What is it about?

Justice has been deliberated in different spatial disciplines. Still, the question of how to measured it remains unresolved. Accordingly, the paper introduces a conceptual framework in which a metric notion of justice can be employed in different spatial contexts, drawing upon the theoretical conceptualization of Amartya Sen’s ‘capabilities’ and Pierre Bourdieu’s ‘field’, capital forms and ‘habitus’. The main hypothesis assumes that capital resources, which are formed in an individuals' living environment, determine their life chances, thus influencing spatial equality of opportunity (i.e., social justice).

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