Ilan Kelman15h ago

New paper:
“Not Your Climate Refugees”: A Maldivian Perspective on Migration and Adaptation
Free to access https://doi.org/10.24043/001c.159184

#Climigration #ClimateRefugees #ClimateMigrants #EnvironmentalRefugees #EnvironmentalMigrants #ClimateChange #ClimateMigration #ForcedMigration #Climate #Mobility #ClimateMobility #Maldives #IslandStudies #Migration #Adaptation #ClimateChangeAdaptation

"Not Your Climate Refugees": A Maldivian Perspective on Migration and Adaptation | Published in Island Studies Journal

By Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman & 1 more. Islanders tend to express a preference for staying in their homes and adapting to climate change, as demonstrated by Maldives.

Ilan KelmanFeb 14
"Climate change responses in the Pacific: just transformation or transforming justice?"
https://blog.geographydirections.com/2026/02/13/climate-change-responses-in-the-pacific-just-transformation-or-transforming-justice
Based on the free-to-download paper https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70058
 
#Climate #ClimateChange #Pacific #Oceania #IslandStudies #Justice #Transformation #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Climate change responses in the Pacific: just transformation or transforming justice?

By Ilan Kelman, University College London and Simon Hollis, Swedish Defence University Climate change is affecting Pacific Islanders who are often advised from outside the Pacific to respond throug…

Geography Directions
Ilan KelmanFeb 5

New free-to-download paper:
"Climate Change Responses in the Pacific: Just Transformation or Transforming Justice?"
https://doi.org/10.1002/geo2.70058

#Climate #ClimateChange #Oceania #Pacific #IslandStudies #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #DRR #islands #Transformation #Justice

Ilan KelmanFeb 3
"Four island poems".
https://www.bluehumanitiesjournal.org/post/3719-four-island-poems-by-ilan-kelman
Published in "Blue Humanities" journal.
 
#islands #islands #islandstudies #poem #poems #poetry #IslandPhotography #IslandPhotos
Four island poems by Ilan Kelman | Published by Blue Humanities

A selection of four island poems by Ilan Keman.

Ilan KelmanDec 18
It was a privilege to write two #ScienceCommunication articles for the UK's Royal Museums Greenwich including the National Maritime Museum:
1. "Atolls and climate change" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/atolls-climate-change
2. "Coastal storms and climate change" https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/ocean/coastal-storms-climate-change
 
#oceans #climate #climatechange #islands #DRR #StormSurge #atolls #IslandStudies #storms
Atolls and climate change

Atolls are perceived as being most at risk from rising sea levels. Professor Ilan Kelman explores what the future could hold for these islands in the middle of the ocean

Ilan KelmanOct 10
New #PhotoEssay:
"Floodscapes for Inland Waterscapes: #Floods do not need to mean #disasters"
https://doi.org/10.21463/shima.266
 
More #PhotoEssays on avoiding #disasters:
1. https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2024.2395798
2. https://doi.org/10.24564/0002019687 (scroll down for the PDF).
3. https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4si106
4. https://doi.org/10.1108/DPM-04-2025-431
 
#IslandStudies #resilience #vulnerability #DRR #ScienceArt #ArtScience #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender
Floodscapes for Inland Waterscapes: Floods do not need to mean disasters — Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057)

Shima (ISSN: 1834-6057) is a double blind, peer-refereed open-access journal published by Shima Publishing (Australia). Shima is SCOPUS indexed has been registered with the Directory of Open Access Journals since 2007.

Ilan KelmanSep 2, 2025
"Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful"
https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/tsunamis-and-atolls-why-warnings-must-be-locally-meaningful
 
#EWS #WarningSystems #Warning #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterWarning #EarlyWarning #EarlyWarningSystems #IslandStudies #Atolls #Tsunami #Tsunamis #NoNaturalDisasters #DisastersAreNotNatural #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters
Tsunamis and atolls: why warnings must be locally meaningful

The usual tsunami advice to move inland and to move to high ground might not be possible for many atolls. Generic, international, trans-oceanic warnings need to become locally meaningful. What advice should be given for surviving tsunamis?

Ilan KelmanJun 10, 2025

New paper:
"Data Management for Sustainable Development: Case Analyses of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)"
https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.70017

#island #islands #IslandStudies #SmallIslands #IslandStates #sustainable #development #Islandness #SustainableDevelopment #BigData #SmallData

Ilan KelmanOct 18, 2024
Just-published and free-to-download:
"Visualizing #DisasterRiskReduction to Inspire Positive Action"
https://doi.org/10.1080/00139157.2024.2395798
 
Other photo essays:
https://doi.org/10.24564/0002019687
https://doi.org/10.47818/DRArch.2023.v4si106
 
#Islanders #IslandStudies #resilience #vulnerability #resiliency #DRR #ScienceArt #ArtScience #PhotoEssay #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #DisasterPrevention
Show threadFID Anglo-American CultureJul 17, 2024

"Ecocriticism and the Island: Readings from the British-Irish Archipelago" - Pippa Marland's 2023 book explores creative non-fiction on the theme of islands through the lens of the #Anthropocene & #Ecocriticism 🏝️

#IslandStudies #BlueHumanities #WorldEmojiDay #LiteraryStudies