Resilience
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Resilience has been defined as. "[T]he capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and reorganize while undergoing change so as to still retain essentially the same function, structure, identity, and feedbacks." [1]
Scientific uses of resilience derive from at least three initially separate fields, which at best provide complementary perspectives: ecology, human development, and disaster management [2] All three are relevant to theory and practice of community resilience.
- ↑ Walker, B., C. S. Holling, S. R. Carpenter, and A. Kinzig. 2004. Resilience, adaptability and transformability in social–ecological systems. Ecology and Society 9(2): 5. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art5/
- ↑ Brown, K., & Westaway, E. (2011). Agency, capacity, and resilience to environmental change: lessons from human development, well-being, and disasters. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 36: 321-342.