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{{definition|The ability of a system, community or society exposed to [[hazard|hazards]] to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a [[hazard]] in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions <ref>[http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/terminology 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland, May 2009.]</ref>.}} | {{definition|The ability of a system, community or society exposed to [[hazard|hazards]] to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a [[hazard]] in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions <ref>[http://www.unisdr.org/we/inform/terminology 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland, May 2009.]</ref>.}} | ||
<big>Resilience means the ability to “resile from” or “spring back from” a shock. The resilience of a community in respect to potential [[hazard]] [[event|events]] is determined by the degree to which the community has the necessary resources and is capable of organizing itself both prior to and during times of need.</big> | <big>Resilience means the ability to “resile from” or “spring back from” a shock. The resilience of a community in respect to potential [[hazard]] [[event|events]] is determined by the degree to which the community has the necessary resources and is capable of organizing itself both prior to and during times of need.</big> | ||
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Revision as of 15:00, 10 September 2014
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Definitions
European Definitions
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Other International Definitions
UNISDR
The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate to and recover from the effects of a hazard in a timely and efficient manner, including through the preservation and restoration of its essential basic structures and functions [1].
Resilience means the ability to “resile from” or “spring back from” a shock. The resilience of a community in respect to potential hazard events is determined by the degree to which the community has the necessary resources and is capable of organizing itself both prior to and during times of need.
National Definitions
Germany
Resilience is a system's ability to deal with changes. Resilience means resistance to disruptions of any kind, adaptability to new conditions and a flexible response to changes with the aim of maintaining the system, for example a company or a process [2].
Netherlands
Weerbaarheid is de eigenschap van objecten om ongevoelig te zijn voor, aanpasbaar te zijn aan of snel te herstellen van ongunstige omstandigheden. (Resilience is the property of objects to be insensitive for, adaptable to, or to be able to recover fast from unfavorable circumstances) [3]
USA
The ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and withstand and recover rapidly from disruptions; includes the ability to withstand and recover from deliberate attacks, accidents, or naturally occurring threats or incidents [4].
Older definition [5]:
ability to resist, absorb, recover from or successfully adapt to adversity or a change in conditions.
See also
Notes
- ↑ 2009 UNISDR Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR), Geneva, Switzerland, May 2009.
- ↑ Unpublished working glossary of UP KRITIS and BSI, 2014
- ↑ M.H.A. Klaver, B. Verheesen, H.A.M. Luiijf (2013). Intersectorale afhankelijkheden: buitenlandse methoden en mogelijke toepasbaarheid in Nederland, TNO 2013 R11539, The Hague, Netherlands
- ↑ Presidential Policy Directive -- Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, PPD-21, 2013
- ↑ DHS Risk Lexicon 2010 Edition, September 2010