Thank you so much to Professor Ilan Kelman!! Please ignore the echo at the beginning - it goes away!! To reach Professor Ilan Kelman: Twitter: https://twitter.com/IlanKelman Website: http://www.ilankelman.org/ Instagram: @ilankelma Book: Disaster by Choice (please support local bookshops) In this interview we are LIVE with Dr Ilan Kelman. Professor Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at UCL in the Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including integrating climate change into disaster research and health research. This February, Professor Ilan Kelman released his book: Disaster by Choice: How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes. Through a wide range of place examples, Professor Kelman unpicks the complex factors which shape disasters. Professor Kelman looks at the role of humanity and society in creating and mitigating disasters. The strong focus on vulnerability is essential reading for A Level geography students. Who is most vulnerable? What factors create vulnerability? and critically whose choices can increase or reduce vulnerability? In this interview we discuss some key ideas and themes in the book. If you are new please subscribe to help others find my channel! YouTube: the curious geography (click the button above) Instagram: the_curious_geographer Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecuriousgeog