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An earthquake, a pandemic, or a flood is in itself merely a movement of nature. These movements gain meaning within the framework of human-made systems, and what we call a disaster is in fact far more related to humans than to nature. How societies are organized, who they protect and who they leave vulnerable, what inequalities they contain—these determine how a disaster takes shape. Thus, disasters are natural, but the disasters themselves and their consequences are never natural. This distinct