Joshua Newell , Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor

Contact Information

Office: KAP 416
Phone: (213)740-0050
E-mail: jnewell@college.usc.edu

Biography

Josh Newell is a Program Manager at the Center for Sustainable Cities at University of Southern California. Josh’s research areas include political ecology, industrial ecology, forestry, urban ecology/sustainable cities, environmental certification and corporate social responsibility, and supply chain and resource theory and modeling. From 1991–2000, Josh was a program director for Friends of the Earth-Japan, a large international environmental nongovernmental organization.  Josh speaks Russian and Japanese.

Recent Publications

Newell, J. and G. Kuru. 2008. Legal Verification Systems for Wood Supply between Russia and China. WWF-International, Gland, Switzerland. 68 pages.

Newell, J. and F. Miller. 2007. Keep it Legal: Best Practices for Keeping Illegally Harvested Timber Out of Your Supply Chain. A Country Guide for Russia. WWF-International, Gland, Switzerland. 38 pages.

Newell, J. 2007. A Sustainable Development Future? Pp. 274-285, In Kamchatka: A Journal and Guide to Russia’s Land of Ice and Fire, ed. Diana Gleadhill. Hong Kong: Odyssey Publications.

Newell, J. 2006. Timber in the Russian Far East and Potential Transborder Conflict. Pp. 239-259, In Russian Business Power: The Role of Russian Business in Foreign and Security Relations, ed. A. Wenger, J. Perovic, and R. Orttung. New York: Routledge.

Jenerette, G., W. Marussich, and J. Newell. 2006. Linking Ecological Footprints with Ecosystem Valuation in the Provisioning of Urban Freshwater. Ecological Economics 59: 38–47.

Robinson, L., J. Newell, and J. Marzluff. 2005. Twenty-five Years of Sprawl in the Seattle Region: Growth Management Responses and Implications for Conservation. Landscape and Urban Planning 71 (1): 51–72.

Newell, J. 2004. The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development. McKinleyville, CA: Daniel & Daniel. 466 pp.

Vandergert, P., and J. Newell. 2003. “Illegal logging in the Russian Far East and Siberia.” The International Forestry Review 5 (3): 303–6.

Newell, J., and E. Wilson. 1996. The Russian Far East: Forests, Biodiversity Hotspots, and Industrial Development. Tokyo: Friends of the Earth-Japan. 204 pages.

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