E2.1 State response capacity

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It corresponds to the State's ability to detect, coordinate and mitigate a catastrophe through public institutions, financial resources, logistics, emergency forces and reliable communication. It includes prior prevention, immediate reaction and subsequent reconstruction. From systems physics, it acts as a control and negative feedback mechanism: when it works well, it corrects disturbances and prevents the initial shock from escalating into a major crisis. If it is weak, slow or uncoordinated, failure cascades, mortality and recovery time increase. The same physical threat produces very different impacts depending on this capacity.

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