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The last few years have witnessed a stunning array of calamities, both natural and human-made. A catastrophic earthquake in Haiti killed 300,000 people and left much of that nation in ruins. In Japan, an earthquake and tsunami caused 19,000 deaths and precipitated one of the most dangerous nuclear accidents in history. Drought left millions hungry in the Sahel and decimated crops in the United States. Meanwhile, the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression unspooled in every corner of the globe.1
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Mazur, L. (2013). Cultivating Resilience in a Dangerous World. In: State of the World 2013. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-458-1_32
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