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By Andrew Witt. MIT Press, 2022, ISBN: 978-0-262-54300-2
Edited by: Vanesa Castán Broto, Enora Robin, Aidan While. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN: 978-3-030-53386-1
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By S. Pincetl, H. Gustafson, F. Federico, E.D. Fournier, R. Cudd & E. Porse. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, ISBN: 9783030556013
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By Sonja Oliviera, Bill Gething, Elena Marco. RIBA Publishing, 2020, ISBN 9781859469101
By Frank W. Geels and Bruno Turnheim. Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN: 9781009198240
By D. Oswald and T. Moore. Routledge, 2022, ISBN 9781032007311
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Tania N. Haddad and Tracy Sakr explain why effective disaster response in fragile institutional environments depends not only on resources but also on governance capacity, coordination mechanisms and institutional trust. The 2020 Beirut Port explosion shows that fragmented governance authority, non-binding coordination arrangements and low public trust resulted in duplicated efforts, uneven aid distribution and limited strategic recovery planning. Institutional reforms can strengthen state capacity, formalise coordination mechanisms between government and civil society, and rebuild trust through transparency and accountability.