Natural disasters can be deadly and devastating but their frequency, intensity and unpredictability teach us valuable lessons. A look back at 2012 shows that, all around the world, it was a year of “recurring disasters.” From the drought in Africa’s Sahel to Pakistan’s third consecutive year of widespread flooding to Hurricane Sandy, Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, co-director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, examines the consequences and lessons of last year’s disasters.
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Elizabeth Ferris
Elizabeth Ferris
Former Brookings Expert,
Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration
- Georgetown University
@Beth_Ferris
May 1, 2013