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Natural disasters present opportunities for development, says resilience expert

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May 30th, 2018. ST GEORGE’S - Natural disasters present an opportunity for sustainable development, says Professor Mark Pelling of King’s College London. Delivering the 19th William G. Demas Memorial Lecture on May 29 in Grenada, the resilience expert argued that, although generally unwelcome, disasters provide focus and momentum to address previously existing development gaps.