Resiliencës

Resiliencës is a multidisciplinary concept referring to the capacity of individuals, communities, organizations, and systems to withstand, adapt to, and recover from stress, shocks, or change. The term derives from Latin resiliens, meaning to rebound or spring back, and entered scientific discourse in the 20th century with different emphases in psychology, ecology, and engineering.

In psychology, resilience denotes the ability to maintain or regain mental health after adversity, such as trauma, illness, or loss, often involving adaptive coping, social support, and self-regulation. In ecology, resilience describes the capacity of a system to absorb disturbances while retaining its core structure and functions, and to reorganize into an alternative stable state if necessary. In engineering and urban planning, resilience is the design and management approach that reduces exposure to hazards, improves recovery times, and enables services to continue during and after disruption.

Resiliencës as a framework emphasizes preparation, response, and recovery, including risk assessment, mitigation strategies, redundancy, and adaptive governance. Measuring resilience remains challenging and is context-dependent; indicators may include exposure to risk, recovery speed, adaptability, and social capital. Critics warn against overextending the concept or implying inevitability of positive outcomes, noting trade-offs and uncertainties. Applications appear in disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, supply chains, healthcare, and infrastructure.

Related terms include robustness, adaptability, and antifragility. Ethical and cultural dimensions condition how resilience is pursued and valued within different communities.