Charles Kelly

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Charles Kelly has over 27 years of field experience in humanitarian assistance programs dealing with droughts, famines, insect infestation, hurricanes, epidemics, floods, war and other emergencies in developing countries. Over this career Mr. Kelly has performed field and senior management tasks in over 17 disaster response operations.

Recent professional work has included dam emergency planning in Nigeria, assessing the environmental impacts during disasters (The Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Project), disaster management capacity building in government institutions, and post-conflict relief and recovery programs.

Mr. Kelly has worked in over 60 countries and published over 45 articles on disaster management, including disasters and mega cities, disaster management systems and disaster-environment linkages. An affiliate of the Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, University College London, Mr. Kelly is a member of the International Research Committee on Disasters, the Society of Risk Analysis and The International Emergency Management Society.

Kelly, C. 2003. Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment in Mega City Disasters: Issues and New Tools. Second International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia, http://www.icus.iis.u-tokyop.ac.jp/isus03/ and http://www.benfieldhrc.org under working papers.

Kelly, C. 2003. Acute Food Insecurity in Mega-cities: Issues and Assistance Options. Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, http://www.benfieldhrc.org, under working papers.

Kelly, C. 2002. Cold weather: an unrecognized challenge for humanitarian assistance. Short Communication. Environmental Hazards. Volume 4(2-3).

Kelly, C. 2002. Assessing Environmental Impacts During Natural Disaster: The Development of a Rapid Environmental Assessment Methodology. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 4, No. 4.

Kelly, C. 2002. Humanitarian Response to the Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction. The Humanitarian Times, 20 November 2002, and Peace Research, Vol. 32(2).

Kelly, C. 2002, Two Sides to Every Disaster? Considering the Role of Gender in Managing Disasters. Proceedings, The International Emergency Management Society Conference, Waterloo Canada.