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ArticleSustainability science2021

Four propositions on integrated sustainability: toward a theoretical framework to understand the environment, peace, and sustainability nexus.

Joshua Fisher, Poonam Arora, Siqi Chen, Sophia Rhee, Tempest Blaine, Dahlia Simangan

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Article in Sustainability science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors.

Joshua Fisher *The Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), Earth Institute, Columbia University, 475 Riverside Drive, 253 Interchurch Center, New York, NY 10115 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1054-3132
Poonam Arora *The Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), Earth Institute, Columbia University, 475 Riverside Drive, 253 Interchurch Center, New York, NY 10115 USA.
Siqi ChenThe Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), Earth Institute, Columbia University, 475 Riverside Drive, 253 Interchurch Center, New York, NY 10115 USA.
Sophia RheeThe Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict and Complexity (AC4), Earth Institute, Columbia University, 475 Riverside Drive, 253 Interchurch Center, New York, NY 10115 USA.
Tempest BlaineO'Malley School of Business, Manhattan College, New York, USA.
Dahlia SimanganNetwork for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11625-021-00925-y.

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Integrated sustainabilityModel developmentSustainable developmentTheoretical framework

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PMID33717363
PMCPMC7943412

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