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    An earthquake in Indonesia in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 200,000 people and left millions homeless, causing destruction beyond imagination. While disasters were once seen as natural occurrences, advances in geomatics have shown that the frequency and impact of disasters have doubled over the last two decades. Modern events like 4 million Syrian refugees in 2015 demonstrate that there is nothing truly natural about disaster when viewed through the lens of collected planetary data and our understanding of global systems.

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    An earthquake in Indonesia in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 200,000 people and left millions homeless, causing destruction beyond imagination. While disasters were once seen as natural occurrences, advances in geomatics have shown that the frequency and impact of disasters have doubled over the last two decades. Modern events like 4 million Syrian refugees in 2015 demonstrate that there is nothing truly natural about disaster when viewed through the lens of collected planetary data and our understanding of global systems.

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    There Is Nothing Natural About Disasters

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    An earthquake in Indonesia in 2004 triggered a tsunami that killed 200,000 people and left millions homeless, causing destruction beyond imagination. While disasters were once seen as natural occurrences, advances in geomatics have shown that the frequency and impact of disasters have doubled over the last two decades. Modern events like 4 million Syrian refugees in 2015 demonstrate that there is nothing truly natural about disaster when viewed through the lens of collected planetary data and our understanding of global systems.

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    There is nothing natural about disaster - Rohini Swaminathan - TEDxPlaceDesNatio

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    december 26 2004 (indian ocean tsunami) earthquake is from indonesia
    200 000 people died
    millions homeless
    destruction beyond imagination
    geomatics - study of collecting data about our planet. temp, rain fall, vegetati
    on, mountain height - any data. science of analyzingturning this data into somet
    hong useful
    last two decades, disasters have doubled in numbers
    4million syrian refugees at the end of 2015

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