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Peter R. Mulvihill
Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto, Canada

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Published: 27 November 2020 in Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
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Terminology pertaining to environmental and disaster management has long been subject to wide interpretation and vague definition. The term environmental disaster tends to be particularly ambiguous. Environmental disasters are often framed primarily in terms of their social and economic effects rather than their ecological impacts. The ambiguity of environmental disasters may be attributed largely to the general peripherality of environmental values. Evolving trajectories in disaster studies, including social constructivism and the vulnerability paradigm, do little to mitigate this ambiguity. A more meaningful and nuanced understanding of environmental disasters is needed and would include more explicit consideration of ecological impacts.

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Peter R. Mulvihill. The ambiguity of environmental disasters. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 2020, 11, 1 -5.

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Peter R. Mulvihill. The ambiguity of environmental disasters. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 2020; 11 (1):1-5.

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Peter R. Mulvihill. 2020. "The ambiguity of environmental disasters." Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 11, no. 1: 1-5.

Journal article
Published: 31 December 2011 in Ecological Complexity
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The National 12th Five-Year-Plan for Social and Economic Development (2011–2015) (national development policy) in China requires knowledge of ecological complexity to better guide policy development for adaptation strategies and mitigation to complex climate change. The thinking of human–environment interactions supplements climate change related policies in supporting sustainability through adaptation and mitigation. Based on a review of the climate change contents of the National 10th and 11th Five-Year-Plan in China, the paper illustrates the complexity of climate changes that have affected China's environmental sustainability now and offers policy viewpoints for the in-preparing 12th Five-Year Plan, with five core areas for the implementation of climate change policy: (A) development of the transition to a low carbon economy, (B) prevention and treatment of urban environmental negative effects caused by climate change, (C) adaptation to sea level rises in coastal zones, (D) maintaining the resilience of natural ecosystems affected by climate change, and (E) prevention and control of climate disaster and environmental risk.

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Yangfan Li; Xiao Yang; Xiaodong Zhu; Peter R. Mulvihill; H. Damon Matthews; Xiang Sun. Integrating climate change factors into China's development policy: Adaptation strategies and mitigation to environmental change. Ecological Complexity 2011, 8, 294 -298.

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Yangfan Li, Xiao Yang, Xiaodong Zhu, Peter R. Mulvihill, H. Damon Matthews, Xiang Sun. Integrating climate change factors into China's development policy: Adaptation strategies and mitigation to environmental change. Ecological Complexity. 2011; 8 (4):294-298.

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Yangfan Li; Xiao Yang; Xiaodong Zhu; Peter R. Mulvihill; H. Damon Matthews; Xiang Sun. 2011. "Integrating climate change factors into China's development policy: Adaptation strategies and mitigation to environmental change." Ecological Complexity 8, no. 4: 294-298.

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Published: 30 July 2010 in Sustainability
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There is wide agreement that a transition toward deeper forms of sustainability would require transformational changes at many levels, transcending current patterns of incremental progress. Transformational changes might only occur, in many instances, over time frames that extend well beyond those of mainstream approaches to planning. The need for more explicit attention to longer term futures is reflected in the increasing use of scenario-based processes applied to sustainability challenges. The full potential of scenario development remains, however, largely untapped; many audiences have yet to be engaged, intrigued and influenced by them. This review article explores key barriers to more effective use of scenario development in relation to sustainability challenges, including: (1) the persistent predictive orientation of sustainability planning exercises; (2) the relatively low level of interest in weak signals and their implications; (3) institutionalized aversion to long term planning; and (4) the predominance of an essentialist perspective.

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Peter R. Mulvihill; Victoria Kramkowski. Extending the Influence of Scenario Development in Sustainability Planning and Strategy. Sustainability 2010, 2, 2449 -2466.

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Peter R. Mulvihill, Victoria Kramkowski. Extending the Influence of Scenario Development in Sustainability Planning and Strategy. Sustainability. 2010; 2 (8):2449-2466.

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Peter R. Mulvihill; Victoria Kramkowski. 2010. "Extending the Influence of Scenario Development in Sustainability Planning and Strategy." Sustainability 2, no. 8: 2449-2466.

Short communication
Published: 30 September 2009 in Futures
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Peter R. Mulvihill. Endless paradox: Environmentalism in transition. Futures 2009, 41, 502 -506.

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Peter R. Mulvihill. Endless paradox: Environmentalism in transition. Futures. 2009; 41 (7):502-506.

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Peter R. Mulvihill. 2009. "Endless paradox: Environmentalism in transition." Futures 41, no. 7: 502-506.

Journal article
Published: 31 May 2007 in Environmental Impact Assessment Review
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This article explores environmental impacts and risks that can accumulate in rural and ex-urban areas and regions and their relation to urban and global development forces. Two Southern Ontario cases are examined: an area level water disaster and cumulative change at the regional level. The role of disaster incubation analysis and advanced environmental assessment tools are discussed in terms of their potential to contribute to more enlightened and effective assessment and planning processes. It is concluded that conventional approaches to EA and planning are characteristically deficient in addressing the full range of impacts and risks, and particularly those originating from pathogens, dispersed and insidious sources. Rigorous application of disaster incubation analysis and more advanced forms of EA has considerable potential to influence a different pattern of planning and decision making.

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Peter R. Mulvihill; S. Harris Ali. Disaster incubation, cumulative impacts and the urban/ex-urban/rural dynamic. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2007, 27, 343 -358.

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Peter R. Mulvihill, S. Harris Ali. Disaster incubation, cumulative impacts and the urban/ex-urban/rural dynamic. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 2007; 27 (4):343-358.

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Peter R. Mulvihill; S. Harris Ali. 2007. "Disaster incubation, cumulative impacts and the urban/ex-urban/rural dynamic." Environmental Impact Assessment Review 27, no. 4: 343-358.