Show threadGreennomadMay 14
@therightarticle #NoNaturalDisasters …. Hazards may be, but whether something turns into a disaster is up to humans; let’s not evade accountability for injustice done
Ilan KelmanMay 5
New Book: "Understanding and Addressing #DisasterRisk"
Free PDF from https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003292814 with thanks to UCL Open Access.
 
And a reminder of the free PDF book published in February:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.).
https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters with thanks to UCL Open Access.
 
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Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk | Who Speaks? Who Suffers?

In Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert power over each other in ways that make nature

Taylor & Francis
Ilan KelmanApr 9
Two new blogs:
1. "#Disasters that never happened: 6 preventive actions" https://www.preventionweb.net/drr-community-voices/disasters-never-happened-6-preventive-actions
2. "Mental Health #FirstAid for #Bangladesh"
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/disaster-by-choice/202504/mental-health-first-aid-in-bangladesh-10-years-of-progress
 
#DisastersAvoided #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (so we avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #Health #MentalHealth #MHFA #MentalHealthAwareness #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #vulnerability #resilience
Disasters that never happened: Six preventive actions

What if the next big flood, wildfire, or heatwave didn't make headlines? Not because it didn't happen, but because communities, governments and local authorities were so well-prepared that a disaster was avoided?

Ilan KelmanApr 2
Disasters Avoided Newsletter #7
Focus on Non-Governmental Organisations (#NGOs) and Civil Society Organisations (#CSOs)
https://mailchi.mp/9e31722a66e3/the-disasters-avoided-newsletter-14190206
 
#DisastersAvoided
 
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Ilan KelmanMar 25
New paper:
"COVID-19 impacts on emergency responder resilience in Bergen and London"
https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12683
 
#coronavirus #covid19 #covid2019 #covid #covid_19 #covidー19 #covid19outbreak #Covid19pandemic
#disaster #disasters #DRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters #NaturalDisasters #NaturalDisaster #Health #GlobalHealth #PlanetaryHealth #epidemic #pandemic #disease #outbreak
Ilan KelmanMar 20
A special issue of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Science has just been published on "The Sendai Framework Celebrates Its 10th Birthday" https://link.springer.com/journal/13753/volumes-and-issues/16-1 with the video from Tuesday's launch event at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/rdr-monthly-event-gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
 
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International Journal of Disaster Risk Science | Volume 16, issue 1

Volume 16, issue 1 articles listing for International Journal of Disaster Risk Science

SpringerLink
Ilan KelmanFeb 28

New book:
"Development and Disasters: Natural hazards and vulnerability reduction" (2nd ed.) by J. Lewis and I. Kelman.

Free PDF download https://practicalactionpublishing.com/book/3006/development-and-disasters thanks to UCL Open Access.

Practical Action Publishing.

#OpenAccess #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #development #hazards #NaturalHazards #vulnerability #resilience

Development and Disasters

Ilan KelmanFeb 13
Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?
18 March 2025, 1830-2100.
At University College London, UK, in-person only, recorded for YouTube.
Programme and registration https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/events/2025/mar/gender-disaster-and-sendai-framework-decade-progress
 
#GenderDisaster #DisasterGender #SendaiFramework #Switch2Sendai #SFDRR #DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DisasterRisk #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #DisasterPrevention
Gender, Disaster, and the Sendai Framework: A Decade of Progress?

Join us to mark the Sendai Framework's 10th anniversary and the 6th anniversary of the UCL Centre for Gender and Disaster, exploring disaster risk reduction through a gender lens.

UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction
Ilan KelmanFeb 13
Study for a disaster Master's degree at University College London, UK.
See https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/study/masters-programmes for applications and funding for:
-MSc Risk, Disaster and Resilience.
-MSc Risk and Disaster Science.
-MRes Risk and Disaster Reduction.
Deadlines: Non-UK 4 April and UK 29 August.
 
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Master's Programmes

Risk and disaster reduction, particularly within the contexts of dealing with uncertainty and increasing resilience, are high on local, national and international agendas.

UCL Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction
Ilan KelmanJan 31
"Katastrophen aus Menschenhand" https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68680-5
The #German translation of "Disaster by Choice" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/disaster-by-choice-9780198841357
 
#DisastersAreNotNatural #NoNaturalDisasters (avoid the phrases #NaturalDisaster #NaturalDisasters) #DRR #DisasterRiskReduction #DisasterRisk #RiskReduction #DisasterRiskManagement #disaster #disasters #Katastrophen