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Ilan Kelman
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Disasters, health, islands, prevention, everyday risks, risk reduction, risk management, disaster diplomacy, Arctic/Antarctic/polar, migration, climate change, inclusion, sustainability.
Focus: science, research, action.
Acronyms: DRR, DRM, CCA, SDGs.
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ilankelman.bsky.social
This meme should ask "What problems have oppression, marginalisation & discrimination caused during weather which otherwise could be dealt with?"
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #ClimateChange #ClimateDisasters #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
A meme asks "How much damage has extreme weather caused? 1993-2022 followed by graphs trying to attribute disaster losses to weather.
August 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
toda.org/global-outlo...

#Tuvalu #climaterefugees #climatemigrants #climigration has nuances. A summary www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disa... & some #science:
1) doi.org/10.3390/socs...
2) doi.org/10.1108/DPM-...
3) doi.org/10.1108/IJCC...
4) doi.org/10.24043/isj...
4) doi.org/10.1002/2014...
August 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
The opposite to #DisastersAvoided disastersavoided.com and saving money through #DRR doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement
July 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Disasters Avoided Newsletter 8 - #urban #cities #towns
mailchi.mp/a43be29272f5...

Urban 2.0 Newsletter 2 - #resilience #DRR #DisastersAvoided
mailchi.mp/6d7cfaa1e35f...

#UrbanStudies #city #town #UrbanLife #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)
June 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Just-published #PhotoEssay:
"Working #equids supporting women's #DisasterRiskManagement"
doi.org/10.1108/DPM-...

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #Horses #Donkeys #Mules #WorkingAnimals #AnimalsDisasters #DisastersAnimals
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
New book:
#Development & #Disasters: #NaturalHazards & #vulnerability reduction
Free PDF practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/de... thanks to @ucl.ac.uk #OpenAccess. @uclopenscience.bsky.social @practicalaction.bsky.social

#NoNaturalDisasters (no #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-...
The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/pro...

#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #Katastrophen
January 31, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Experiences of people with disabilities in the #California #fires:
1. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
2. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
3. fortune.com/2025/01/09/w...

#PeopleWithDisabilities #pwd #pwds #DRR #didrr
#LAFires #CaliforniaFires #LAWildfires #CaliforniaWildfires
January 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
I would advise looking at the wide swathe of #TippingPoints science to reach your own conclusion rather than focusing on a single cohort. I did so with #PlanetaryBoundaries #EarthSystemsBoundaries:
1. doi.org/10.1016/B978...
2. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...
3. www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
January 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction (2nd edition)
practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/de...
Hard copy can be pre-ordered.
Free download available in Feb.

#DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters)
December 16, 2024 at 1:15 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Human-Elephant Interaction in #India: 'A psychological burden on people practicing agriculture.'"
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disa...

#Solastalgia #Symbiocene #EcoInspiration #EcoHope #Anthropocene #LandBodyEcologies #Podcast #HumanAnimalConflict #HumanAnimalInteraction #AnimalHumanConflict
December 16, 2024 at 1:13 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
#Podcast: " #ClimateChange, #Disasters & #Migration: What We Get Wrong" podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/is-...

#climigration #climaterefugees #climatemigrants #environmentalrefugees #environmentalmigrants #ClimateMigration #CCA #DRR #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalWarming
November 8, 2024 at 3:21 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Designing Beyond #ClimateChange"
www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/com...

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction including #CCA #ClimateChangeAdaptation #Adaptation

Avoid the terms #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters since #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters

#BuiltEnvironment #Cities #Climate
September 16, 2024 at 8:32 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
Just published:
"Climate & Mobility: Challenges & Cautions for Research and Policy"
doi.org/10.1515/9783...
 
More on #ClimateChange #ForcedMigration
1) doi.org/10.3390/socs...
2) doi.org/10.24043/isj...
 
#Climigration #ClimateRefugees #ClimateMigrants #EnvironmentalRefugees #EnvironmentalMigrants
September 13, 2024 at 9:06 AM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/pro... is now in #German "Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" doi.org/10.1007/978-...

#DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskManagement #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters).
August 27, 2024 at 11:49 PM
ilankelman.bsky.social
"Disaster by Choice" global.oup.com/academic/pro...

More on why disasters happen and how to stop them:
1. Paper doi.org/10.1016/j.pd...
2. Blog www.psychologytoday.com/blog/disaste...
3. Vlog www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlVy...
4. TEDx talk youtube.com/watch?v=Aaya...
The book "Disaster by Choice".
January 3, 2024 at 7:54 AM