Can risk be managed without measuring it?

Many risks require measurement for management. Just not all of them.

AJEM January 2026 - Disasters are not natural: review of Disasters By Choice: How our Actions turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes | Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub

‘It’s just semantics’. I hear this often when the topic comes up of disasters not being natural, so why do we persist calling them natural disasters? It is more than semantics.

No Natural Disasters, featuring Professor Ilan Kelman

Professor Ilan Kelman argues that human decisions, governance failures and societal inequities determine the impact of catastrophic events.

Is nature angry with us?

To avoid disasters, our actions ought to be about cooperating and living with nature – and with each other – without harm, including without harming ourselves. We should recognise and implement the worldviews that humanity and nature are intertwined.

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Working Equids in Disasters: Local Concerns and Inspirations

Brooke Action for Working Horses and Donkeys is an international animal welfare charity dedicated to improving the lives of working equids, including during and after disasters. Now, Brooke seeks to prepare the animals and owners for disasters, especially evidencing...

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Planetary Dysregulation and Our Mental Health

An out-of-balance planet leads to adverse mental health outcomes; we can act to avoid both.

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.