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environmental entitlements  

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  • The Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen created an entitlement approach to the analysis of hunger and poverty, by which people are entitled to bundles of commodities by virtue of their inherent legal rights. The concept of environmental entitlements is a broadening of Sen's approach. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Environmental Entitlements]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/environmental_entitlements

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