Structural fix
A structural fix refers to solving a problem or resolving a conflict by bringing about structural changes that change the underlying structures that provoked or sustain these problems. According to Thomas Heberlein such changes modify human behavior by regulating the social settings or the 'structures' in which the behavior occurs − their context.{{cite journal|last1=McComas|first1=Katherine|title=When even the 'best-laid' plans go wrong|journal=EMBO Reports|date=11 February 2017|volume=5|issue=Suppl 1|pages=S61–S65|doi=10.1038/sj.embor.7400257|pmc=1299213|issn=1469-221X|pmid=15459738}}{{cite book|last1=Natori|first1=Yoji|title=Local-level Nature Conservation Planning for Biodiversity in Japan: A Case Study of Nakago Village, Niigata|year=1998 |publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X6FfAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=11 February 2017|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Heberlein|first1=Thomas A.|title=Navigating Environmental Attitudes|date=27 August 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199773459|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xZyzAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|accessdate=11 February 2017|language=en}} Such fixes are typically long-term opposed to temporary and require open and in-depth inquiry for the root structural causes of a problem{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} and understanding of a system.{{cite book|last1=Dalela|first1=Ashish|title=Vedic Creationism: Vedic Theories of Creation and Their Relation to Science|date=December 2008 |publisher=iUniverse|isbn=9780595525737|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qLe-aZfl7YEC&pg=PA119|accessdate=11 February 2017|language=en}} Effectively changing norms would be an example of a structural fix.{{cite book|last1=Jachowski|first1=David S.|last2=Millspaugh|first2=Joshua J.|last3=Angermeier|first3=Paul L.|last4=Slotow|first4=Rob|title=Reintroduction of Fish and Wildlife Populations|date=13 September 2016 |publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=9780520284616|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDslDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|accessdate=11 February 2017|language=en}} Often structural fixes involve a change of incentives.{{cite book|last1=Norton|first1=Bryan G.|title=Sustainable Values, Sustainable Change: A Guide to Environmental Decision Making|date=16 December 2015 |publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226197593|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unj_CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA141|accessdate=11 February 2017|language=en}}