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Forecasting Natural Disasters-Introduction--James Done and Amir AghaKouchak
Pages 115-116

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... Economic losses attributed to natural disasters have ballooned from $75.5 billion in the 1960s to $659.9 billion in the 1990s, a compound annual growth rate of 8 percent. Total worldwide insured losses are now dominated by natural catastrophes.
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... concluded the session with a description of the Google Earth Engine platform and how it provides a deeper understanding of changes to the environment.1 1  Paper not included in this volume.
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