
Solomon Islands: Nggela Islands from Guadalcanal
Islands
Though they may be missed by tropical cyclones that impact the shores of continental countries, the proportional impact upon islands and island states of tropical cyclones, for example, is much greater – to the extent of almost all dwellings demolished or all crops lost (Lewis 1979). Additionally, some archipelagos contain active volcanoes and are seismically active and numerous islands have been fought over and colonised, often more than once – a superimposed vulnerability in itself and one which introduced others that are prevalent today.
Publications
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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 -
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 -
Perfidy in paradise? Islands' exogenous appropriation and indigenous maladministration. Some recent and continuing reported cases:
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An Island Characteristic: Derivative vulnerabilities to indigenous and exogenous hazards
2009Shima 3/1 -
European Islands: Permanently populated Regions, Territories, Provinces, Colonies & Dependencies
2008 -
Volcanic and other vicissitudes: the deep-sea port of Rabaul
2006RADIX -
Ecology and Vulnerability: Islands and sustainable risk management
2005INSULA International Journal of Island AffairsDossier: Resilience and vulnerability Year 14 No 2 pp5-12 DecemberINSULA / UNESCO, ParisKelman, Ilan & Lewis, James -
Pieces of the continent: An island anthology
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LETTER: Two Christmas Islands
2001The GuardianLetters 29 December