Nurjahduskestävyys

Nurjahduskestävyys, often translated as resilience or robustness, refers to the ability of a system, material, or organism to withstand and recover from shocks, stresses, or disturbances. In engineering and materials science, it describes a material's capacity to absorb energy and deform plastically without fracturing. This property is crucial for components subjected to impact or cyclic loading, as it allows them to endure stresses beyond their elastic limit without immediate failure.

In ecological contexts, nurjahduskestävyys pertains to the ability of an ecosystem to maintain its structure and function in the face of environmental changes or disturbances like fires, floods, or invasive species. A resilient ecosystem can absorb these impacts and continue to support its characteristic species and processes.

Psychologically, nurjahduskestävyys, or psychological resilience, is the capacity of an individual to adapt well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress. It involves "bouncing back" from difficult experiences and continuing to move forward. This is often developed through a combination of personal strengths, coping mechanisms, and social support systems. The concept is also applied in economics and social sciences to describe the ability of communities or economies to withstand and recover from crises such as recessions or natural disasters.