| Definition of resilience |
Author |
| Resilience is the capacity of individuals or populations to cope with external stress and disruption as a result of social, political and environmental change. |
Adger (2000) |
| Resilience is the capacity of rural households to cope, with, adapt to and benefit from floods |
Bruijn (2005) |
| Resilience to natural hazards is a person's ability to cope with or adapt to hazard stress. It includes the planned preparation and spontaneous or premeditated adaptations undertaken in the face of natural hazards, including relief and rescue. |
Pelling (2007) |
| Resilience is the ability to withstand any discomfort while preserving the level of efficiency of its social, cultural, physical and environmental components. |
Balica & Wright (2010) |
