Publications
http://www.ilankelman.org/publications.html

Publications Including Papers and Articles

• Full list of publications (In RTF which should open in most versions of Word and WordPerfect).
• Publications by theme:


• Disaster Diplomacy.


• Disaster Deaths.


• Earthquakes.


• Floods (Not including flood deaths; see Disaster Deaths).


• Islands.


• Settlement and Shelter.


• Sustainability and Environment (Publications not listed in other categories).


• Tsunamis.


• Volcanoes.


• Vulnerability, Risk, and Disasters (Publications not listed in other categories).

• Photography.

Jonkman, S.N. and I. Kelman. 2005. "An Analysis of Causes and Circumstances of Flood Disaster Deaths". Disasters, vol. 29, no. 1 (March), pp. 75-97, abstract (35 kb in PDF).

Jonkman, S.N. and I. Kelman. 2005. "Deaths During the 1953 North Sea Storm Surge", pp. 749-758 in Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference, American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), Charleston, South Carolina, 8-11 May 2005, abstract (39 kb in PDF).

Jonkman, S.N., I. Kelman, and V. Bain. 2005. "A Physical Interpretation of Human Stability in Flowing Water". In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stochastic Hydraulics, International Association of Hydraulic Research, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 23-24 May 2005, abstract (40 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2003. "U.K. Drownings". CFS Press, January 2003, full text (322 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Philosophy of Flood Fatalities". FloodRiskNet Newsletter, issue 1, Winter 2004, pp. 3-4, full text (27 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "A Framework for Weather-Related Fatalities Research". Weather and Society Watch, vol. 1, no. 1, p. 4, full text (58 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and S.N. Jonkman. 2007. "Disaster Deaths Research Challenges". Presentation at the Hazards and Disasters Researchers Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-12 July 2007, full text (223 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., R.C. Huder, S. Palmer, and S. Ray. 2003. "Hurricanes and Electrocution".
-CFS Press, 19 December 2003, full text (69 kb in PDF).
-Radix, full text (28 kb in Word format).
-Phoenix Disaster Services, The Disaster Newsletter, April 2004, vol. 3, issue 8, pp. 1-3.

Kelman, I. and R. Spence. 2002. "Understanding Flood Hazards and Vulnerabilities: New Approaches to Comprehensive Flood Risk Assessment in the U.K.". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 4, session NH3.01 "Risk Assessment and Mapping: Flood Risk Assessment and Mapping" at the 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 21-26 April 2002, abstract (5 kb in PDF).

See the floodline above the level of the electricity mains. I was told that someone waded through the floodwater to turn the mains off. The ironic name of this location is Darwin College in Cambridge, U.K.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2001.)

Disaster Diplomacy
See also the Disaster Diplomacy website.

• Disaster Diplomacy Case Studies


• Disaster Diplomacy More Generally

Budowski, G., I. Kelman, and V. Prescott. 2002. "The Spratly Islands: an opportunity for environmental diplomacy?". Wise Coastal Practices for Sustainable Human Development Forum, 6 June 2002, full text (as a webpage).

Gaillard, J.-C., E. Clavé, and I. Kelman. 2008. "Wave of peace? Tsunami disaster diplomacy in Aceh, Indonesia". Geoforum, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 511-526, more information (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Disaster Diplomacy is Dead! Long live Disaster Diplomacy!". Scoop, 13 January 2004, 11:44 am, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "One Earthquake Won't Seal a U.S.-Iran Bond". Newsday, 11 January 2004, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Will USA-Iran Disaster Diplomacy Have Longevity?". Scoop, 2 January 2004, 6:22 pm, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Tsunami Diplomacy: Will the 26 December, 2004 Tsunami Bring Peace to the Affected Countries?". Sociological Research Online, vol. 10, issue 1, full text http://www.socresonline.org.uk/10/1/kelman.html or abstract (35 kb in PDF)

Kelman, I. 2007. "Hurricane Katrina Disaster Diplomacy". Disasters, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 288-309, more information (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. and J.-C. Gaillard. 2007. "Disaster diplomacy in Aceh". Humanitarian Exchange, No. 37 (March 2007), pp. 37-39, more information (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. and J.-C. Gaillard. 2007. "Disaster Diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific Region". UN/ISDR Informs: Disaster Reduction in Asia Pacific, issue 3, pp. 54-57, full text (610 kb in pdf).

Kelman, I. 2003. "Beyond Disaster, Beyond Diplomacy". Chapter 7, pp. 110-123 in M. Pelling (ed.), Natural Disasters and Development in a Globalizing World, Routledge, London, U.K., more information (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Acting on Disaster Diplomacy". Journal of International Affairs, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 215-240, more information (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Disaster Diplomacy: Hope Despite Evidence?". World Watch Institute Guest Essay, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Hope Despite Evidence: Is Disaster Diplomacy's Popularity Deserved?". Presentation at the Hazards and Disasters Researchers Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 12-13 July 2006, abstract (61 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Island Security and Disaster Diplomacy in the Context of Climate Change". Les Cahiers de la Sécurité, vol. 63, pp. 61-94, more information and full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Disaster diplomacy: Can tragedy help build bridges among countries?" UCAR Quarterly, Fall 2007, p. 6, full text (15 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Weather-Related Disaster Diplomacy". Weather and Society Watch, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 4,9 full text (618 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2008. "Disaster Diplomacy: Diplomats should not rely on disasters". Imprint, vol. 47, 12 April 2008, pp. 8-9, see the website of Imprint.

Kelman, I., M. Davies, T. Mitchell, I. Orr, and B. Conrich. 2006. "Island Disaster Para-Diplomacy in the Commonwealth". The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, vol. 95, no. 386, pp. 561-574, more information (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. and J.-C. Gaillard. 2007. "Inter-state vs Intra-state Disaster Diplomacy". Poster at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-12 July 2007, abstract (13 kb in PDF) and full text (399 kb in PDF) with supplementary references (15 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., M. Glantz, and R. Paxton. 2008. "Learning Lessons from Disaster Management Diplomacy". Presentation at Climate Change Diplomacy, Malta, 7-8 February 2008, more information and full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. and T. Koukis (eds.). 2000. "Disaster Diplomacy". Special section in Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. XIV, no. 1, more information (as a webpage).

Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program: A Disaster Diplomacy case study.

Kelman, I. 2004. "One Post-Disaster Mission Too Many?". EMSE 232 Disaster Newsletter, vol. 6, no. 2 (March), full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Resilience of Earthquake History". RiskPost: The Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, issue 5, no. 5 (May), pp. 7-8, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Warning for the 26 December 2004 Tsunamis". Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 15, issue 1, pp. 178-189, full text (78 kb in PDF, with kind permission of the publisher).

Kelman, I. (ed.). 2007. "Earthquake Safety of Schoolchildren". Special issue of Regional Development Dialogue, vol. 28, no. 2, download the table of contents (124 kb in PDF)

Kelman, I. and S.H.M. Fakhruddin (eds.). 2007. "Tsunamis", pp. 146-150 in M.H. Glantz (ed.), Heads Up! Early Warning Systems for Climate, Water and Weather, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing and Climate Affairs LLC, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Spence, R., J. Palmer, M. Petal, I. Kelman, and K. Saito. 2007. "Analysing eyewitness reports of the 2004 Asian tsunami". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers--Maritime Engineering, vol. 160, issue ME2, pp. 75-85, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Wisner, B., I. Kelman, T. Monk, J.K. Bothara, D. Alexander, A.M. Dixit, D. Benouar, O.D. Cardona, R.C. Kandel, and M. Petal. 2004. School Seismic Safety: Falling Between the Cracks?. Radix, August 2004, full text (461 kb in Word format).

Steaming fault in Iceland.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2001.)

Floods
(Not including flood deaths; see Disaster Deaths).

• Floods and Buildings


• Floods in the U.K.


• Floods Beyond Buildings and the U.K.

Kelman, I. 2003. "To seal or not to seal: Do human and physical geographies conflict in flood management for individual properties?". Research paper presentation in the session "Geographical Solutions to Flooding Problems in the U.K." (convener Andrew Black) at Geography, Serving Society and the Environment, International Annual Conference 2003 of the RGS-IBG (Royal Geographical Society and The Institute of British Geographers), London, U.K., 3-5 September 2003, abstract (37 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Decision-making for Flood-threatened Properties". Chapter 1, pp. 3-19 in S. Begum, M. Stive, and J. Hall (eds.), Flood Risk Management in Europe: Innovation in Policy and Practice, vol. 25 of the book series on Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Springer, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, abstract (16 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and R. Spence. 2003. "A Flood Failure Flowchart for Buildings". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers--Municipal Engineer, vol. 156, issue ME3, pp. 207-214, abstract (35 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and R. Spence. 2003. "A Limit Analysis of Unreinforced Masonry Failing Under Flood Water Pressures". Masonry International, vol. 16, no. 2 (Summer/May), pp. 51-61, abstract (35 kb in PDF) and full text (3,770 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and R. Spence. 2004. "An Overview of Flood Actions on Buildings". Engineering Geology, vol. 73, issues 3-4 (June) pp. 297–309, abstract (37 kb in PDF).

Brown, J., F. Thomalla, I. Kelman, I. Möller, R. Spence, and T. Spencer. 2002. "Towards Long-term Flood Management on Canvey Island, United Kingdom". Abstracts of the 98th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Los Angeles, California, 19-23 March 2002, abstract (38 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 1999. "Beware the Slides of March". Ye Gesta Asnacorum, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge, full text (11 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2001. "The Autumn 2000 Floods in England and Flood Management". Weather, vol. 56, no. 10 (October), pp 346-348,353-360.

Kelman, I. 2002. "The Autumn 2000 Floods in England". CFS Press, December 2002, full text (470 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and R. Spence. 2002. "Vulnerabilities of Residential Buildings in England to the Physical Forces Imposed by Floods". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 4, session NH5 "Natural Hazards Impact on Urban Areas and Infrastructure" at the 27th General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Nice, France, 21-26 April 2002, abstract (5 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., F. Thomalla, J. Brown, I. Möller, R. Spence, and T. Spencer. 2002. "Coastal Flood Risk Assessment in England". Poster 20 in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. A360, no. 1796, pp. 1553-1554, abstract (8 kb in PDF) and full text (431 kb in PDF).

Lewis, J. and I. Kelman. 2008. "Housing, Flooding and Risk-Ecology: Thames Estuary South-Shoreland and North Kent". Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, in press, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Thomalla, F., J. Brown, I. Kelman, I. Möller, R. Spence, and T. Spencer. 2000. "Coastal Settlements at Risk: A Study of England's East Coast", pp. F-263 to F-273 in Volume 1 of F. Toensmann and M. Koch (eds.), River Flood Defence (Proceedings of the International Symposium on River Flood Defence), Kassel, Germany, 20-23 September 2000, Kassel Reports of Hydraulic Engineering No. 9/2000, Herkules Verlag, Kassel, Germany, abstract (93 kb in PDF).

Thomalla, F., J. Brown, I. Kelman, I. Möller, R. Spence, and T. Spencer. 2000. "Coastal Settlements at Risk: A Study of England's East Coast". Poster at TSUNAMI: What Science can do for Insurance, The Royal Society, London, U.K., 10-11 April 2000, abstract (41 kb in PDF) and full text (100 kb in PDF).

Thomalla, F., J. Brown, I. Kelman, I. Möller, R. Spence, and T. Spencer. 2000. "Coastal Settlements at Risk: A Study of England's East Coast". Poster at Natural Hazards and the No-Risk Society, London, U.K., 7 July 2000, abstract (41 kb in PDF) and full text (100 kb in PDF).

Thomalla, F., J. Brown, I. Kelman, I. Möller, R. Spence, and T. Spencer. 2002. "Towards An Integrated Approach for Coastal Flood Impact Assessment", pp. 142-158 in Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters Conference, American Society for Civil Engineers (ASCE), San Diego, California, 24-27 February 2002, abstract (38 kb in PDF).

Thomalla, F., J. Brown, I. Kelman, and R. Spence. 2002. "Storm Surge Flooding on Canvey Island, UK: An Integration of Urban Flood Modelling and Assessments of Residential Building Vulnerability." Presentation abstract in Journal of Coastal Research, SI 36, Proceedings from the International Coastal Symposium, Templepatrick, Northern Ireland, 25-29 March 2002, abstract (39 kb in PDF).

Johnston, D., G. Leonard, M. Walton, D. Paton, K. Ronan, W. Gray, R. Bell, and I. Kelman. 2004. "Socio-economic impacts of the June 2002 'Weather Bomb' and the February 2004 storms in New Zealand: Challenges in developing an integrated assessment methodology". Presentation at the International Conference on Storms, Brisbane, Australia, 5-9 July 2004, abstract (897 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Floods Should Not Mean Disasters". Building Research and Information, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 287-292.

Kelman, I. 2006. "Living with Boulder Floods". Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative Newsletter, vol. 6, issue 1 (June), p. 4, full text (402 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Review of Marshall Frech's The Water’s Edge". Weather and Society Watch, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 9, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Leonard, G., D. Johnston, M. Walton, I. Kelman, W. Gray, and R. Bell. 2004. "Damage assessments for varying flood depths: Analysis from the 2002 'Weather Bomb' event, Coromandel, New Zealand". Poster at the International Conference on Storms, Brisbane, Australia, 5-9 July 2004, abstract (63 kb in PDF).

Leonard, G., I. Kelman, and D. Johnston. 2004. Residential Impacts, Perceptions and Preparedness Related to the Lower Hutt City February 2004 Flooding: Preliminary Results, IGNS Science Report 2004/38. IGNS (Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences), Lower Hutt, New Zealand.

Walton, M., I. Kelman, D. Johnston, and G. Leonard. 2004. Economic impacts on New Zealand of climate change-related extreme events: Focus on freshwater floods. Report to the New Zealand Climate Change Office from the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Wellington, New Zealand.

The flooded backs of St. John's College, Cambridge, U.K.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2001.)

Islands
See also the Island Vulnerability website.

• Islands and Vulnerability


• Islands Beyond Vulnerability

Abrahams, S. and I. Kelman. 2005. "Island Heritage, Vulnerability, and Resilience", p. 240 in Know Risk, Tudor Rose and the United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

CICERO and UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 2008. Project Design Outline for a Dynamic Assessment of Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Small Island Developing States. CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo) and UNEP/GRID-Arendal with funding from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, Norway.

Dodds, R. and I. Kelman. 2008. "How Climate Change is Considered in Sustainable Tourism Policies: A Case of the Mediterranean Islands of Malta and Mallorca". Tourism Research International, in press, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Haynes, K. I. Kelman, and T. Mitchell. 2005. "Early Participatory Intervention for Catastrophe to Reduce Island Vulnerability (EPIC)". International Journal of Island Affairs, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 56-59, full text (711 kb in PDF) and more information (as a webpage).

Haynes, K. I. Kelman, and T. Mitchell. 2006. "Early Participatory Intervention for Catastrophe to Reduce Island Vulnerability". Poster in Symposium V "Risk Management" at Cities on Volcanoes 4, Quito, Ecuador, 23-27 January 2006, abstract (9 kb in PDF) and more information (as a webpage).

Kaly, U., I. Kelman, R. Howorth, and C. Pratt. 2004. "The Intrigue of Vulnerability and the Psychology of Resilience." Wise Coastal Practices for Sustainable Human Development Forum, 29 January 2004, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Responsibility to Pacific Island Risk Management?". RiskPost: The Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, issue 4, no. 2 (August), pp. 8-9, full text (10 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Some Outlying Effects of Cyclone Zoe", p. 237 in Know Risk, Tudor Rose and the United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Kelman, I. 2005. "The Most Remote Island in the World: But Not Without Risks", p. 239 in Know Risk, Tudor Rose and the United Nations Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.

Kelman, I. 2005. "Vulnerability, Heritage, and Sustainability for the Faroe Islands". Presentation at Learning Lessons from Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Island Development, London, U.K., 18 February 2005, abstract (37 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Island Security and Disaster Diplomacy in the Context of Climate Change". Les Cahiers de la Sécurité, vol. 63, pp. 61-94, more information and full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Kiwi Conundrum? Nature and Natural Hazards in New Zealand". New Zealand Vacation, http://www.new-zealand-vacation.info/articles/new-zealand-disasters, full text (12 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "My Island Pathway to Disaster Research". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, nos. 29-30 (January-June), p. 4, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2008. "Island Identity and Global Change: Affecting the Meaning of 'Vulnerability' and 'Adaptation'?" Presentation at the 4th International Conference on Small Island Cultures, Nagu/Nauvo, Finland, 17-20 June 2008.

Kelman, I. and H. Lazrus. 2007. "Vulnerability and Resilience: All Politics is Local". Presentation at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 8-11 July 2007, abstract (10 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I and J. Lewis. 2005. "Ecology and Vulnerability: Islands and Sustainable Risk Management". International Journal of Island Affairs, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 4-12, full text (1,947 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I, J. West, L.O. Næss, and G.K. Hovelsrud. 2008. "Many Strong Voices against the climate change crisis". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 33 (January-March), pp. 4-5, full text (15 kb in PDF).

Mercer, J., D. Dominey-Howes, I. Kelman, and K. Lloyd. 2007. "The Potential for Combining Indigenous and Western Knowledge in Reducing Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards in Small Island Developing States". Environmental Hazards, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 245-256, abstract (9 kb in PDF).

Mercer, J. and I. Kelman. 2008. "Living with Floods in Singas, Papua New Guinea". Chapter on Papua New Guinea, pp. 46-51 in R. Shaw, N. Uy, and J. Baumwoll (eds.), Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Good Practices and Lessons Learned from Experiences in the Asia-Pacific Region, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, Bangkok, Thailand, full text of the book (3 Mb in PDF).

Mercer, J. and I. Kelman. 2007. "Combining indigenous and scientific knowledge for PNG disaster risk reduction". ISISA Newsletter (International Small Islands Studies Association), vol. 7, no. 2, p. 6, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Mercer, J., I. Kelman, K. Lloyd, and S. Suchet. 2008. "Reflections on Use of Participatory Research for Disaster Risk Reduction". Area, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 172-183, abstract (7 kb in PDF).

Mercer, J., I. Kelman, L. Taranis, and S. Suchet. 2009. "Framework for Integrating Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction". Disasters, in press, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Baker, M., I. Kelman, and L. Stanbury. 2004. "Cultural and creative industries". Wise Coastal Practices for Sustainable Human Development Forum, 24 November 2004, full text (as a webpage).

Budowski, G., I. Kelman, and V. Prescott. 2002. "The Spratly Islands: an opportunity for environmental diplomacy?". Wise Coastal Practices for Sustainable Human Development Forum, 6 June 2002, full text (as a webpage).

James, A., I. Kelman, T. Tebano, and M. Skinner. 2004. "Principles for Island Development: Ownership, Identity and Honesty". Small Islands Voice Global Forum, 17 February 2004, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2003. "Intrigue of Islands – What are They?". Views (U.K. National Trust), issue 38, Summer, pp. 70-72, full text (353 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Island Affairs". Network Newsletter and ENSO Signal, vol. 19, no. 1, 1 January to 31 March 2004, p. 4 and Fragilecologies, 4 February 2004, full text (as a webpage)

Kelman, I. 2005. "Unique Island Livelihoods". Poster at An Overview of Canadian Rural Research, Twillingate, Newfoundland, Canada, 12 October 2005, abstract (9 kb in PDF) and updates (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Climate Change and Islands: Scientists Serving Society?". ISISA Newsletter (International Small Islands Studies Association), vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 5-6, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Island Affairs: Integrating Vulnerability into Sustainability for Isolated Locations". Poster at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 9-12 July 2006, abstract (59 kb in PDF), full text (293 kb in PDF), and updates (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Letter to the Editor". International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 175-177, full text (223 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Climate Change and Islands: Are Scientists Serving Society?" UCAR Staff Notes Monthly, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 4-5, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Island Affairs". A Glantz @ Climate, Water, and Weather Affairs, April, p. 12, full text (97 kb in PDF) and updates (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Sustainable Livelihoods from Natural Heritage on Islands". Island Studies Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 101-114, full text (447 kb in PDF) and updates (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. (ed.). 2007. "The island advantage: Practices for prospering in isolation". id21 insights, no. 70 (November), full text and more information (as a webpage). Includes I. Kelman's editorial and box on "Island power: Pooling technical and political resources".

Kelman, I. (translated by Silje Pileberg). 2008. "Små verdener i endring". Klima, no. 2008-2, pp.4-6, full text (507 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., S. McNeeley, and H. Lazrus. 2007. "Climate Change and Islands: The Media Serving Society?". ISISA Newsletter (International Small Islands Studies Association), vol. 7, no. 1, p. 4, full text (11 kb in PDF).

Sunset over Elba, Italy.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2003.)

Ashmore, J., E. Babister, T. Corsellis, J. Fowler, I. Kelman, P. Manfield, A. McRobie, R. Spence, A. Vitale, R. Battilana, and K. Crawford. 2003. "Diversity and Adaptation of Shelters in Transitional Settlements for IDPs in Afghanistan". Disasters, vol. 27, no. 4 (December), pp. 273-287, abstract (36 kb in PDF).

Babister, E. and I. Kelman. 2002. "The Emergency Shelter Process with Application to Case Studies in Macedonia and Afghanistan". Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, January 2002, full text (2,514 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2001. "RedR Cambridge Group". RedR Newsletter, no. 55, p. 5, full text (13 kb in PDF).

Kennedy, J., J. Ashmore, E. Babister, and I. Kelman. 2007. "Post-tsunami transitional settlement and shelter: field experience from Aceh and Sri Lanka". Humanitarian Exchange, No. 37 (March 2007), pp. 28-31, full text (86 kb in PDF).

Kennedy, J., J. Ashmore, E. Babister, and I. Kelman. 2008. "The Meaning of 'Build Back Better': Evidence from Post-tsunami Aceh and Sri Lanka". Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 24-36, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Petal, M., R. Green, I. Kelman, R. Shaw, and A. Dixit. 2008. "Community-based construction for disaster risk reduction". Chapter 10, pp. 191-217 in L.L. Bosher (ed.), Hazards and the Built Environment, Taylor and Francis, London, U.K.

Shelterproject. 2002 (May). "The Proportion of Aid Spent on the Shelter Sector: A Scoping Paper on the Availability of Data". Shelterproject, Cambridge, U.K., full text (747 kb in PDF).

Shelterproject. 2003. "Developing Humanitarian Guidelines for Transitional Settlement". Scroope, no. 15, pp. 33-35, full text (297 kb in PDF).

Shelterproject. 2003. Report on the Transitional Settlement Sector. Shelterproject, Cambridge, U.K., full text (1,783 kb in PDF).

Shelterproject. 2005. Transitional Settlement: Displaced Populations. Oxfam, Oxford, U.K., more information and full text download (as a webpage).

Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland 15-16 May 2003 hosted by UNHCR to review progress in the transitional shelter and settlement sector. The speaker is Tom Corsellis, co-founder of Sheltercentre, Shelterproject, and Aidworld which is now Aptivate.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2003.)

Architectes sans Frontières Cambridge. 2003. "Architectes sans Frontières Cambridge". Scroope, no. 15, pp. 77-80, full text (427 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2002. "Climate Change Or Not? Is That the Question?". Fragilecologies, 1 April 2002, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2002. "Wind Farm Ecocrimes". Fragilecologies, 16 July 2002, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "American in Canberra". Scoop, 12 July 2004, 1:20 pm, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Could football and flash mobs save the planet?". All Aboard, the newsletter of National Playbus Association Scotland, Issue 5, Autumn, pp. 6-7, full text (48 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Architects and Architecture Serving Society". Building Research and Information, vol. 35, no. 5, pp. 588-594.

Kelman, I. 2007. "Dynamics and Vulnerability of River Delta Systems: Developing a Research Agenda and Implementation Plan". Global Water News, no. 5/6, December 2007, pp. 13-14, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Scientific Outreach for Scientific Advocacy". Weather and Society Watch, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 5-6, full text (97 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Simple Tips for Interacting with the Media". Weather and Society Watch, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 6, full text (96 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2008. "Controlling Arms and Terror in the Asia Pacific: After Bali and Baghdad. Edited by Marika Vicziany". Pacific Affairs, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 498-499.

Kelman, I, M. Brownlee, and L.M. Hanthorn. 2006. "Relocalizing Water". Boulder Creek Watershed Initiative Newsletter, vol. 6, issue 2 (September), p. 7, full text (241 kb in PDF).

Tolton, B.T., I. Kelman, and J.R. Drummond. 1996. "Measurements of Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide with a Length Modulated Radiometer". Presentation at the 30th CMOS (Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society) Congress, 26-31 May 1996, Toronto, Canada, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Tongatapu, Tonga's diesel power plant. What sustainable energy solutions exist for small islands?"
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2004.)

• Volcanoes and Buildings


• Volcanoes Beyond Buildings

Calogero, E., R. Spence, A. Brown, and I. Kelman. 2004. "Surveying Residential Building Stock Vulnerability to Volcanic Hazards". Poster at Mitigating Volcanic Crises: Practical Solutions for the 21st Century, London, U.K., 31 August to 2 September 2004, abstract (61 kb in PDF).

Calogero, E., R. Spence, A. Brown, and I. Kelman. 2005. "Surveying Building Vulnerability to Explosive Volcanic Eruptions and Applying the Results for Mitigation and Civil Defence". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, session NH9.07 “Vulnerability Assessment in Natural Hazard and Risk Analysis for Management and Civil Defence Application” at the European Geosciences Union's General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005, abstract (30 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., R. Spence, A. Brown, D. Purser, P. Baxter, and E. Calogero. 2005. "Towards Standards and Ratings for Shelters Protecting Against Explosive Volcanic Eruptions". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, session NH9.04 "Multidisciplinary Approaches in Volcanic Hazard Forecasting and Risk Mitigation" at the European Geosciences Union's General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005, abstract (30 kb in PDF).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, A. Brown, G. Toyos, P. Baxter, and E. Calogero. 2006. "The influence of building type on human survivability of explosive volcanic eruptions". Poster in Symposium VII "Human Health Impacts of Volcanism" at Cities on Volcanoes 4, Quito, Ecuador, 23-27 January 2006, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, and G. Zuccaro. 2004. "The Vulnerability of Buildings to Tephra Falls Associated With Volcanic Eruptions". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 6, session NH9.04 "Multidisciplinary Approaches in Volcanic Risk Assessment and Management" at the European Geoscience Union's 1st General Assembly, Nice, France, 25-30 April 2004, abstract (4 kb in PDF).

Zuccaro, G., S. Petrazzuoli, R. Spence, and I. Kelman. 2005. "Resistance of Roofs to Tephra Fall: Full Scale Tests on Obsolete Technologies". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, session NH9.04 "Multidisciplinary Approaches in Volcanic Hazard Forecasting and Risk Mitigation" at the European Geosciences Union’s General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005, abstract (30 kb in PDF).

Zuccaro, G., S. Petrazzuoli, R. Spence, I. Kelman, and E. Calogero. 2005. "Combining the Effects of Volcanic Hazards on Buildings: A Modelling Approach to Synthesising the Impact Under Different Eruption Scenarios". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, session NH9.04 "Multidisciplinary Approaches in Volcanic Hazard Forecasting and Risk Mitigation" at the European Geosciences Union’s General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005, abstract (30 kb in PDF).

Barclay, J., K. Haynes, T. Mitchell, R. Teeuw, P. Cole, I. Kelman, S. Crosweller, and the UK SPIDER Network Team. 2008. "Framing volcanic risk communication within disaster risk reduction: finding ways for the social and physical sciences to work together". Presentation at IAVCEI 2008 (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior General Assembly), Reykjavík, Iceland, 17-22 August 2008, abstract (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Volcanologists Serving Society". Cities and Volcanoes Commission Newsletter, September 2005, p. 1, full text (336 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Volcanology Ethics". Cities and Volcanoes Commission Newsletter, December 2005, p. 2, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Interdisciplinary Cities on Volcanoes". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 25 (January-March), pp. 11-12, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Traditional Volcanic Knowledge". Cities and Volcanoes Commission Newsletter, April 2006, p. 2, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "Volcano-safer Schools". Cities and Volcanoes Commission Newsletter, December 2006, p. 1, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. (ed.). 2007. "Volcano Early Warning Systems", pp. 151-154 in M.H. Glantz (ed.), Heads Up! Early Warning Systems for Climate, Water and Weather, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing and Climate Affairs LLC, Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Kelman, I. 2007. "Where are the People?" Cities and Volcanoes Commission Newsletter, September 2007, p. 2, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and B. Karney. 1998. "Technology, Volcanoes, and Us". Presentation at the 23rd Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, 12-15 July 1998, abstract (57 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and B. Karney. 1998. "The Role of Technology in Managing Vulnerability to Natural Disasters". An abstract for the 7th International Conference on Natural and Man-made Hazards (HAZARDS '98), Chania, Crete, 17-22 May 1998, abstract (67 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., H. Lazrus, J.-C. Gaillard, O. Wilhelmi, R. Pulwarty, and C. Dibben. 2008. "Applying vulnerability theory for volcano disaster risk reduction". Poster at IAVCEI 2008 (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior General Assembly), Reykjavík, Iceland, 17-22 August 2008, abstract (8 kb in PDF) and full text (96 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and T.A. Mather. 2006. "Living with volcanoes: A framework for analysing volcano-related opportunities". Presentation in Symposium V "Risk Management" at Cities on Volcanoes 4, Quito, Ecuador, 23-27 January 2006, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and T.A. Mather. 2008. "Living with volcanoes: The sustainable livelihoods approach for volcano-related opportunities". Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol. 172, no. 3-4, pp. 189-198, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Leonard, G., D. Johnston, D. Paton, and I. Kelman. 2004. "Towards Achieving Community Sustainability in the Face of Natural Hazards: Integrated Lahar Warning System Design on Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand". Presentation at the IAVCEI (International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior) General Assembly 2004: Volcanism and its Impact on Society, Pucón, Chile, 14-19 November 2004 and poster at the Volcanic Impacts Study Group Inaugural Annual Seminar 2004, Auckland, New Zealand, 7 October 2004 abstract (66 kb in PDF).

Spence, R., A. Brown, I. Kelman, G. Zuccaro, P. Baxter, D. Purser, and E. Calogero. 2005. "Pyroclastic Flow Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Around European Volcanoes". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, session NH9.07 "Vulnerability Assessment in Natural Hazard and Risk Analysis for Management and Civil Defence Application" at the European Geosciences Union's General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005, abstract (30 kb in PDF).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, E. Calogero, G. Toyos, P. Baxter, and J.-C. Komorowski. 2005. "Modelling Expected Physical Impacts and Human Casualties from Explosive Volcanic Eruption", Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 1003-1015, abstract (10 kb in PDF), full text (download from a webpage).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, E. Calogero, G. Toyos, P. Baxter, and J.-C. Komorowski. 2006. "Human casualties in pyroclastic flows: An impact model based on European case studies". Presentation in Symposium VII "Human Health Impacts of Volcanism" at Cities on Volcanoes 4, Quito, Ecuador, 23-27 January 2006, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, P. Baxter, G. Zuccaro, and S. Petrazzuoli. 2005. "Residential Building and Occupant Vulnerability to Tephra Fall", Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences, vol. 5, pp. 477-494, abstract (35 kb in PDF), full text (download from a webpage).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, A. Brown, G. Toyos, D. Purser, and P. Baxter. 2007. "Residential Building and Occupant Vulnerability to Pyroclastic Density Currents in Explosive Eruptions". Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences, vol. 7, pp. 219-230, abstract (7 kb in PDF), full text (download from a webpage).

Spence, R., I. Kelman, G. Zuccaro, E. Calogero, P. Baxter, and D. Purser. 2005. "Modelling, Applying, and Communicating Potential Human Impacts from Explosive Volcanic Eruptions". Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 7, session NH9.05 "Human Impacts and Multidisciplinary Approaches in Natural Hazard and Risk Assessment" at the European Geosciences Union's General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005, abstract (30 kb in PDF).

Near Mývatn in the north of Iceland's volcanoscape.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2001.)

• Specific Examples


• General Discussion

Kelman, I. 2002. "Climate Change Or Not? Is That the Question?". Fragilecologies, 1 April 2002, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2005. "December 26th". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 24 (October-December), p. 9, full text (12 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2006. "The Myth of 9/11". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 28 (October-December), p. 4, full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "The Value of Climate Change". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 31 (July-September), p. 7, full text (10 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2008. "Guest Editorial: Lessons Relearned from Katrina?". American Journal of Disaster Medicine, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 61-62.

Kelman, I. 2008. "Myths of Hurricane Katrina". Disaster Advances, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 40-46, abstract (12 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and J.-C. Gaillard. 2008. "Placing Climate Change within Disaster Risk Reduction". Disaster Advances, vol. 1, no. 3 (July), pp. 3-5, full text (816 kb in PDF).

Lawson, C. and I. Kelman. 2008. “Slow Migration Due to Environmental Contamination: The Making of an Oklahoma Ghost Town”. Presentation at the Society for Applied Anthropology, 68th Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, 25-29 March 2008, abstract (7 kb in PDF).

Wisner, B., M. Fordham, I. Kelman, B.R. Johnston, D. Simon, A. Lavell, H.G. Brauch, U. Oswald Spring, G. Wilches-Chaux, M. Moench, and D. Weiner. 2007. Climate Change and Human Security. Radix, April 2007, full text (as a webpage).

Glade, T., I. Kelman, K. Hollenstein, and H. Kienholz (eds.). 2006. "Vulnerability Assessment in Natural Hazard and Risk Analysis for Management and Civil Defence Application". Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Sciences Special Issue 30, vol. 6, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2001. "RedR Cambridge Group". RedR Newsletter, No. 55 Autumn 2001, p. 5, full text (13 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2002. "Reflections on Radix Year One: Small Thoughts From a Small Researcher". Radix, January 2002, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2003. "Ants, Lemmings, Ostriches, or Sheep?". Fragilecologies, 19 December 2003, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2003. "Defining Risk". FloodRiskNet Newsletter, issue 2, Winter 2003, pp. 6-8, full text (166 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2003. "Good Capitalists Stop Disasters". Radix, 2 September 2003, full text (32 kb in Word format).

Kelman, I. 2003. "Radix Year Two". Radix, January 2003, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Hyperbaric hyperbole or blinkered bosses?" Public Safety Diver Monthly, Issue 9 (August), pp. 26-27, full text (14 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Linked Cultures: Breaking Out of the 'Disaster Management Rut'". UN Chronicle, vol. XLI, no. 3, pp. 42-43,48, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Natural Hazards and Risk Management". RiskPost: The Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, issue 4, no. 3 (November), pp. 11-13, full text (18 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2004. "Risky Buildings, Building Risk". Fragilecologies, 7 April 2004, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I. 2004. "The Risk Not Taken". RiskPost: The Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, issue 3, no. 4 (March), pp. 8-9, full text (18 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Operational Ethics for Disaster Research". International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, vol. 23, no. 3 (November), pp. 141-158, abstract (7 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2005. "Rights, Responsibilities, and Realities: A Societal View of Civil Care and Security". Chapter 1, pp. 9-36 in R. Gerber and J. Salter (eds.), Civil Care and Security Studies, Kardoorair Press, Armidale, Australia.

Kelman, I. 2005. "Thinking Ahead of Disaster". Tropical Coasts, vol. 12, no. 1 (July), pp. 4-9, full text (212 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2008. "Addressing the Root Causes of Large-Scale Disasters". Chapter 4, pp. 94-119 in M. Gad-el-Hak (ed.), Large-Scale Disasters: Prediction, Control, and Mitigation, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Kelman, I. 2007. "Disaster Research". ASP Spotlight, September 2007, full text (125 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Natural hazards or human interpretation?". RiskPost: The Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, issue 7, no. 2 (July/August), pp. 5-6, full text (10 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Operational Ethics for Disaster Research". Philosophy of Risk Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 3, December, email only full text (9 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. 2007. "Public Policy From Disaster Anthropologists". Anthropology News, vol. 48, no. 9, p. 27.

Kelman, I. 2007. "Report for Radix: Boulder, Colorado Hazards and Disasters Workshops 2007". Radix, July 2007, full text (40 kb in Word format).

Kelman, I. 2008. "Disaster and risk benefits: Do the needs of society and the environment match?" Chapter in P.S. Low (ed.), Global Change, Environment and Development in Asia, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., in press.

Kelman, I. and E. Karnes. 2007. "Relocalising Disaster Risk Reduction in Boulder, Colorado". Australian Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 18-25, full text (147 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and E. Karnes. 2007. "Tackling disasters in an energy-restricted Boulder". UCAR Staff Notes Monthly, , vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 4-5, full text (as a webpage).

Kelman, I., E. Karnes, M. Brownlee, and L.M. Hanthorn. 2006. "Relocalisation as a Disaster Risk Management Education Tool". RiskPost (New Zealand Society for Risk Management), issue 6, no. 2, October 2006, pp. 4-5, full text (13 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I, E. Karnes, M. Brownlee, and L.M. Hanthorn. 2006. "Relocalising Disaster Risk Reduction". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 26 (April-June), p. 11, full text (10 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I. and C. Lawson. 2008. "Extreme event warning systems as social processes". Presentation at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 15-19 April 2008, abstract (7 kb in PDF).

Kelman, I., H. Lazrus, O. Wilhelmi, R. Pulwarty, and J.-C. Gaillard. 2008. "Applying improved vulnerability theory for reducing the risk and cost of weather disasters". Poster at the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research at the 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 20-24 January 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, abstract (8 kb in PDF), full text (103 kb in PDF).

Rich, H. and I. Kelman. 2007. "Teens Learn to Save Lives - and Do". Disaster and Social Crisis Research Network Electronic Newsletter, no. 32 (October-December), p. 6-7, full text (11 kb in PDF).

Rich, H. and I. Kelman. 2008. "Teens Learn to Save Lives - and Do". RiskPost: The Newsletter of the New Zealand Society for Risk Management, issue 7, no. 4, January 2008, pp. 4-5, full text (16 kb in PDF).

Risk RED. 2007. "Community-based Disaster Preparedness Worldwide". Poster at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-12 July 2007, abstract (12 kb in PDF) and full text (172 kb in PDF).

Risk RED. 2007. "Risk Reduction Education for Disasters". Poster at the Annual Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 11-12 July 2007, abstract (12 kb in PDF) and full text (116 kb in PDF).

Spence, R. and I. Kelman (guest eds.). 2004. "Managing the Risks from Natural Hazards". Special issue of Building Research and Information (R. Lorch, ed.), vol. 32, no. 5, more information (as a webpage).

Wilhelmi, O. and I. Kelman. 2008. "Elements of a flood disaster: The role of vulnerability in disaster risk reduction". Presentation at the Third Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research at the 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 20-24 January 2008, New Orleans, Louisiana, abstract (8 kb in PDF).

Drought and fire risk near Christchurch, New Zealand.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 2003.)

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