Demonstrators at the 1989 Small States Conference on Climate Change, Male, Maldives
Climate Change
Extremes of weather brought about by climate change expose prevailing vulnerabilities and cause the incidence of disasters to increase. New and exacerbated vulnerabilities result from each disaster as cyclical consequences of domestic and community displacement. These are the disaster cycles that should be the focus of our attention. The impact of climate change is greatest upon cities, ports, harbours and other settlements on low-lying coastlines and deltas, upon poorer countries, and upon countries with weak governance and endemic corruption as prime causes of under-development.
Publications
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Social impacts of corruption upon community resilience and poverty.
2017Vol 9, No 1.Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies.African Centre for Disaster Studies, Unit for Environmental Sciences and -
Learning from the history of disaster vulnerability and resilience research and practice for climate change.
2016Natural HazardsChapter in: Vulnerability Assessment in Natural Disaster Risk: A Dynamic Perspective.SpringerIlan Kelman, JC Gaillard, James Lewis, Jessica Mercer. -
Island contributions to disaster research.
2015Vol 8, pp 16-37.Global Environment.The White Horse Press, Cambridge, UK.Ilan Kelman, James Lewis, JC Gaillard, Jessica Mercer. -
Island Vulnerability and Resilience: Combining Knowledges for Disaster Risk Reduction Including Climate Change Adaptation
2015Chapter 7, pp 162-187Global Ecologies and the Environmental Humanities: Postcolonial ApproachesRoutledgeIlan Kelman, JC Gaillard, Jessica Mercer, James Lewis, Anthony Carrigan -
Excuses flood in, but nothing on climate change
2014.The Guardian: Readers' letters.11 February.Guardian Newspapers Ltd. -
Some realities of resilience: An updated case study of storms and sea flooding at Chiswell, Dorset.
2013Vol XXII, No 4, pp300-311.Disaster Prevention and ManagementEmerald Group Publishing -
Origins of vulnerability
2012The GuardianReaders' letters, 14 JulyGuardian Newspapers -
Preservation or Conservation ?
2011Issue 121 Autumn.All Around MarshfieldMarshfield Publications -
Participatory action research for dealing with disasters on Small Island Developing States
2011Island Studies Journal - Vol. 6, No. 1, May 2011 Pages 59 - 86Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, CanadaIlan Kelman, James Lewis, JC Gaillard, and Jessica Mercer -
Housing, flooding and risk-ecology: Thames Estuary south-shoreland and north Kent
2009Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 26/1pp14-29(with Ilan Kelman)
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