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Dr. Joshua Fisher
The Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

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Journal article
Published: 10 March 2021 in Sustainability Science
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The sustainability agenda has evolved around a set of interconnected dilemmas regarding economic, social, and environmental goals. Progress has been made in establishing thresholds and targets that must be achieved to enable life to continue to thrive on the planet. However, much work remains to be done in articulating coherent theoretical frameworks that adequately describe the mechanisms through which sustainability outcomes are achieved. This paper reviews core concepts in the sustainability agenda to develop four propositions on integrated sustainability that collectively describe the underlying mechanisms of sustainable development. We then advance a framework for integrated sustainability and assess its viability through linear regression and principal components analysis of key selected indicators. The results provide preliminary evidence that countries with institutions that enable cooperation and regulate competition perform better in attaining integrated sustainability indicators. Our findings suggest that institutional design is important to sustainability outcomes and that further research into process-oriented mechanisms and institutional characteristics can yield substantial dividends in enabling effective sustainability policy.

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Joshua Fisher; Poonam Arora; Siqi Chen; Sophia Rhee; Tempest Blaine; Dahlia Simangan. Four propositions on integrated sustainability: toward a theoretical framework to understand the environment, peace, and sustainability nexus. Sustainability Science 2021, 16, 1125 -1145.

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Joshua Fisher, Poonam Arora, Siqi Chen, Sophia Rhee, Tempest Blaine, Dahlia Simangan. Four propositions on integrated sustainability: toward a theoretical framework to understand the environment, peace, and sustainability nexus. Sustainability Science. 2021; 16 (4):1125-1145.

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Joshua Fisher; Poonam Arora; Siqi Chen; Sophia Rhee; Tempest Blaine; Dahlia Simangan. 2021. "Four propositions on integrated sustainability: toward a theoretical framework to understand the environment, peace, and sustainability nexus." Sustainability Science 16, no. 4: 1125-1145.

Journal article
Published: 12 November 2020 in American Psychologist
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Peter T. Coleman; Joshua Fisher; Douglas P. Fry; Larry S. Liebovitch; Allegra Chen-Carrel; Geneviève Souillac. How to live in peace? Mapping the science of sustaining peace: A progress report. American Psychologist 2020, 1 .

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Peter T. Coleman, Joshua Fisher, Douglas P. Fry, Larry S. Liebovitch, Allegra Chen-Carrel, Geneviève Souillac. How to live in peace? Mapping the science of sustaining peace: A progress report. American Psychologist. 2020; ():1.

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Peter T. Coleman; Joshua Fisher; Douglas P. Fry; Larry S. Liebovitch; Allegra Chen-Carrel; Geneviève Souillac. 2020. "How to live in peace? Mapping the science of sustaining peace: A progress report." American Psychologist , no. : 1.

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Published: 07 August 2020 in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Biodiversity is the variety of life from genes to species, through to the broad scale of ecosystems (Wilson 1988).Ecosystem services The benefits of nature to people. Urbanization The change in the proportion of a population living in an urban area. Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI) The parts of a city that support natural structures. Nature-based solutions (NBS) Nature-based solutions are inspired and supported by nature, which are cost-effective, simultaneously provide environmental, social, and economic benefits and help build resilience. Such solutions bring more, and more diverse, nature and natural features and processes into cities, landscapes and seascapes, through locally adapted, resource-efficient and systemic interventions (European Commission) https://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/index.cfm?pg=nbs Urban growth The increase in the area of cities or towns.

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Miren Onaindia; Joshua Fisher. Urban Growth and Biodiversity Conservation. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2020, 1 -11.

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Miren Onaindia, Joshua Fisher. Urban Growth and Biodiversity Conservation. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 2020; ():1-11.

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Miren Onaindia; Joshua Fisher. 2020. "Urban Growth and Biodiversity Conservation." Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals , no. : 1-11.

Research article
Published: 04 July 2019 in American Behavioral Scientist
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Scholarly research on peace has overwhelmingly focused on negative peace, or the absence of conflict, aggression, violence, and war. We seek to understand holistic peace systems, the political, economic, and social systems that sustain peaceful societies. We show how two methods can help us understand the properties and dynamics of such complex peace systems. Each method provides insights from different perspectives to help understand sustaining peace. The causal loop diagram helps us to identify the peace factors and the connections between them. The mathematical model helps us determine the quantitative results of the interactions between all the peace factors. Using these methods, we found that there is no single “leverage” factor that is the lynchpin in creating sustainable peace. Rather, the small effects of a large number of positive peace factors that support peace can collectively overcome the stronger emotional response to the negative conflict factors that jeopardize peace.

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Larry S. Liebovitch; Peter T. Coleman; Joshua Fisher. Approaches to Understanding Sustainable Peace: Qualitative Causal Loop Diagrams and Quantitative Mathematical Models. American Behavioral Scientist 2019, 64, 123 -144.

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Larry S. Liebovitch, Peter T. Coleman, Joshua Fisher. Approaches to Understanding Sustainable Peace: Qualitative Causal Loop Diagrams and Quantitative Mathematical Models. American Behavioral Scientist. 2019; 64 (2):123-144.

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Larry S. Liebovitch; Peter T. Coleman; Joshua Fisher. 2019. "Approaches to Understanding Sustainable Peace: Qualitative Causal Loop Diagrams and Quantitative Mathematical Models." American Behavioral Scientist 64, no. 2: 123-144.

Articles
Published: 14 June 2019 in Society & Natural Resources
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Given the linkages between natural resources and social conflicts, evidence increasingly shows that successful natural resource management requires conflict mitigation and prevention. However, there may be a gap in practice between knowing what processes and tools need to be used to manage conservation conflicts and how to actually implement them. We present learning from a practice-based case study of conflict management in the Amarakaeri Communal Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon that aimed to develop natural resource governance institutions and build stakeholder capacity, including of indigenous groups, to navigate existing conflict resolution mechanisms. Through applying good practices in conservation conflict management and collaborative governance, we generated important lessons on the practical considerations involved in collaborative conservation. These lessons, while specific to our case, could be applied to a variety of protected areas facing complex social-ecological systems dynamics and wicked problems.

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Joshua Fisher; Hannah Stutzman; Mariana Vedoveto; Debora Delgado; Ramon Rivero; Walter Quertehuari Dariquebe; Luis Seclén Contreras; Tamia Souto; Alexandra Harden; Sophia Rhee. Collaborative Governance and Conflict Management: Lessons Learned and Good Practices from a Case Study in the Amazon Basin. Society & Natural Resources 2019, 33, 538 -553.

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Joshua Fisher, Hannah Stutzman, Mariana Vedoveto, Debora Delgado, Ramon Rivero, Walter Quertehuari Dariquebe, Luis Seclén Contreras, Tamia Souto, Alexandra Harden, Sophia Rhee. Collaborative Governance and Conflict Management: Lessons Learned and Good Practices from a Case Study in the Amazon Basin. Society & Natural Resources. 2019; 33 (4):538-553.

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Joshua Fisher; Hannah Stutzman; Mariana Vedoveto; Debora Delgado; Ramon Rivero; Walter Quertehuari Dariquebe; Luis Seclén Contreras; Tamia Souto; Alexandra Harden; Sophia Rhee. 2019. "Collaborative Governance and Conflict Management: Lessons Learned and Good Practices from a Case Study in the Amazon Basin." Society & Natural Resources 33, no. 4: 538-553.

Journal article
Published: 02 June 2019 in Global Policy
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Peter T. Coleman; Larry S. Liebovitch; Joshua Fisher. Taking Complex Systems Seriously: Visualizing and Modeling the Dynamics of Sustainable Peace. Global Policy 2019, 10, 84 -92.

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Peter T. Coleman, Larry S. Liebovitch, Joshua Fisher. Taking Complex Systems Seriously: Visualizing and Modeling the Dynamics of Sustainable Peace. Global Policy. 2019; 10 (S2):84-92.

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Peter T. Coleman; Larry S. Liebovitch; Joshua Fisher. 2019. "Taking Complex Systems Seriously: Visualizing and Modeling the Dynamics of Sustainable Peace." Global Policy 10, no. S2: 84-92.

Journal article
Published: 21 September 2018 in Land Use Policy
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Mining is an important source of revenue for many developing countries, however, the social, environmental and economic impacts of mining are often poorly monitored. The recent transition of a gold mine in Western Tanzania—from large-scale gold mine under private, multinational ownership, to medium-scale public and national owned mine with limited life length offers a prime opportunity to understand the implications of changes in ownership and scale on the local economy and community well-being. We conducted 44 semi-structured interviews with community members in four villages adjacent to the mine site. We find that the local economy and public service provision contracted in response to the mine transition and downscaling, with ramifications for food security and healthcare access. Community members also highlighted the lack of information surrounding the mine transformation. This illustrates that considering the post-transition phase of large-scale mines is important for providing long run sustainable livelihood strategies in mining communities.

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Sophia Rhee; Elias Charles Nyanza; Madison Condon; Joshua Fisher; Theresia Maduka; Anja Benshaul-Tolonen. Understanding environmental, health and economic activity interactions following transition of ownership in gold mining areas in Tanzania: A case of private to public. Land Use Policy 2018, 79, 650 -658.

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Sophia Rhee, Elias Charles Nyanza, Madison Condon, Joshua Fisher, Theresia Maduka, Anja Benshaul-Tolonen. Understanding environmental, health and economic activity interactions following transition of ownership in gold mining areas in Tanzania: A case of private to public. Land Use Policy. 2018; 79 ():650-658.

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Sophia Rhee; Elias Charles Nyanza; Madison Condon; Joshua Fisher; Theresia Maduka; Anja Benshaul-Tolonen. 2018. "Understanding environmental, health and economic activity interactions following transition of ownership in gold mining areas in Tanzania: A case of private to public." Land Use Policy 79, no. : 650-658.

Communication
Published: 24 July 2018 in Sustainability
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The viability of conservation efforts, including protected areas and buffer zones, depends on finding ways to make those strategies more attractive and viable for local populations. This paper presents a pilot study utilizing a rapid rural appraisal of livelihoods in the buffer zone of Tambopata National Reserve in Madre de Dios, Peru, threatened by illegal gold mining and logging. We evaluated three predominant economic activities—artisanal gold mining, Brazil nut harvesting, and fish farming—in terms of potential economic returns. The main research question we ask is whether the latter two potentially sustainable land uses can match or exceed the returns from mining. Contrary to popular belief, we find that enhancing value creation at product origin could make existing forest-friendly livelihoods as or more lucrative than extractive ones. This has implications on local conservation policy encouraging implementable strategies incentivizing sustainable livelihoods in tandem with, and in support of, conservation goals.

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Joshua Fisher; Poonam Arora; Sophia Rhee. Conserving Tropical Forests: Can Sustainable Livelihoods Outperform Artisanal or Informal Mining? Sustainability 2018, 10, 2586 .

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Joshua Fisher, Poonam Arora, Sophia Rhee. Conserving Tropical Forests: Can Sustainable Livelihoods Outperform Artisanal or Informal Mining? Sustainability. 2018; 10 (8):2586.

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Joshua Fisher; Poonam Arora; Sophia Rhee. 2018. "Conserving Tropical Forests: Can Sustainable Livelihoods Outperform Artisanal or Informal Mining?" Sustainability 10, no. 8: 2586.

Journal article
Published: 25 September 2017 in Negotiation and Conflict Management Research
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In the past 40 years, negotiation studies have become increasingly available and sought after across college campuses. While there is widespread agreement on the prominent role negotiation plays in education, in the workplace, in public policy, and in other fields, there remains a lack of consensus on pedagogies and teaching models that effectively train students and practitioners in the various aspects of negotiation, ranging from pre-intervention assessment, to effective bargaining, dialogue, and facilitation, to evaluating procedural and distributive outcomes. In order to synthesize distinct disciplinary approaches and skill/content areas into an integrated pedagogical model, this article describes a negotiation simulation designed to incorporate skill building, process management, conflict analysis, and conflict management tools. The model incorporates equal emphasis on theoretical frameworks and understanding, self-awareness training for facilitators, social network and stakeholder analysis for negotiation preparation, participatory analytical and discursive process management, and developing metrics for monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment.

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Joshua Fisher; Beth Fisher-Yoshida. Educating Negotiators: Using Theory, Practice, Case Studies, and Simulations in an Integrated Learning Experience. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 2017, 10, 286 -305.

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Joshua Fisher, Beth Fisher-Yoshida. Educating Negotiators: Using Theory, Practice, Case Studies, and Simulations in an Integrated Learning Experience. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 2017; 10 (4):286-305.

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Joshua Fisher; Beth Fisher-Yoshida. 2017. "Educating Negotiators: Using Theory, Practice, Case Studies, and Simulations in an Integrated Learning Experience." Negotiation and Conflict Management Research 10, no. 4: 286-305.

Article
Published: 23 November 2016 in Sustainable Development
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The concept of sustainability has come to permeate many spheres of governance, decision-making and scientific inquiry. Although current academic conceptualizations of sustainability often acknowledge the conflicts inherent in the pursuit of sustainable development, the present discourse does not explicitly include the concepts of peace and conflict. This omission has been in error, as the pursuits of sustainable environmental governance and sustainable human development are themselves efforts to manage and resolve conflict. Thus, this article advocates for an expanded framework of sustainability that operates at the nexus of conflict, environment and development by exploring current mainstream conceptualizations of sustainability and illustrating the direct connections between sustainability and the fields of peace studies and conflict resolution. It goes on to discuss the utility of applying a complex systems approach to the expanded conceptualization of sustainability, including aspects of both coupled systems and dynamical systems theory, in order to provide an analytical framework for studying mechanisms that enable sustainable development by dealing explicitly with conflicting needs and interests among actors in social–ecological systems. Copyright © 2016 The Authors Sustainable Development published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd

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Joshua Fisher; Kristen Rucki. Re-conceptualizing the Science of Sustainability: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Understanding the Nexus of Conflict, Development and the Environment. Sustainable Development 2016, 25, 267 -275.

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Joshua Fisher, Kristen Rucki. Re-conceptualizing the Science of Sustainability: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Understanding the Nexus of Conflict, Development and the Environment. Sustainable Development. 2016; 25 (4):267-275.

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Joshua Fisher; Kristen Rucki. 2016. "Re-conceptualizing the Science of Sustainability: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Understanding the Nexus of Conflict, Development and the Environment." Sustainable Development 25, no. 4: 267-275.

Review
Published: 12 December 2014 in Water
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Sustainable water management (SWM) requires allocating between competing water sector demands, and balancing the financial and social resources required to support necessary water systems. The objective of this review is to assess SWM in three sectors: urban, agricultural, and natural systems. This review explores the following questions: (1) How is SWM defined and evaluated? (2) What are the challenges associated with sustainable development in each sector? (3) What are the areas of greatest potential improvement in urban and agricultural water management systems? And (4) What role does country development status have in SWM practices? The methods for evaluating water management practices range from relatively simple indicator methods to integration of multiple models, depending on the complexity of the problem and resources of the investigators. The two key findings and recommendations for meeting SWM objectives are: (1) all forms of water must be considered usable, and reusable, water resources; and (2) increasing agricultural crop water production represents the largest opportunity for reducing total water consumption, and will be required to meet global food security needs. The level of regional development should not dictate sustainability objectives, however local infrastructure conditions and financial capabilities should inform the details of water system design and evaluation.

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Tess Russo; Katherine Alfredo; Joshua Fisher. Sustainable Water Management in Urban, Agricultural, and Natural Systems. Water 2014, 6, 3934 -3956.

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Tess Russo, Katherine Alfredo, Joshua Fisher. Sustainable Water Management in Urban, Agricultural, and Natural Systems. Water. 2014; 6 (12):3934-3956.

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Tess Russo; Katherine Alfredo; Joshua Fisher. 2014. "Sustainable Water Management in Urban, Agricultural, and Natural Systems." Water 6, no. 12: 3934-3956.

Preprint
Published: 01 January 2011 in SSRN Electronic Journal
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The many activities labeled 'peacebuilding' usually lack a clear articulation of the bigger picture peace towards which they work. What is the peace writ large to which efforts hope to add up? What are the characteristics of peaceful nations? While some have answered these questions in theory, this paper will explore these questions by looking at today's empirical realities. What types of peaceful nations exist in today's world? Examining the rankings in the Global Peace Index and identifying the most peaceful nations in each of nine regions of the world, this study classifies those most peaceful nations by their types of peace. The MDS model reveals 3 distinct primary clusters of peaceful nations, and one unique country. The model also shows second-order clustering of the countries inside one of the primary clusters. Figure 1 shows the primary clusters, named according to the characteristics that distinguish the clustered countries from the other peaceful nations. These clusters are: the Established Democracies (upper right), the Emerging Nations (center), the Externally Peaceful countries (upper left), and Oman (bottom left). The second-order clustering occurs among the 9 countries of the established democracies cluster. There are 3 sub-clusters: the Western Democracies, the Regionally Distinct countries, and Singapore as a nonclustered country.

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Daniel Druckman; Susan Allen Allen Nan; Joshua Fisher. Types of Peaceful Nations. SSRN Electronic Journal 2011, 1 .

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Daniel Druckman, Susan Allen Allen Nan, Joshua Fisher. Types of Peaceful Nations. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2011; ():1.

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Daniel Druckman; Susan Allen Allen Nan; Joshua Fisher. 2011. "Types of Peaceful Nations." SSRN Electronic Journal , no. : 1.