Resilience, resilient, or resiliency may refer to:

Science

Ecology

Ecological resilience In ecology, resilience is the capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a perturbation or Disturbance (ecology), disturbance by resisting damage and subsequently recovering. Such perturbations and disturbances can include stochastic events such as ...

, the capacity of an ecosystem to recover from perturbations **

Climate resilience Climate resilience is a concept to describe how well people or ecosystems are prepared to bounce back from certain climate hazard events. The formal definition of the term is the "capacity of social, economic and ecosystems to cope with a hazardou ...

, the ability of systems to recover from climate change ** Soil resilience, the ability of a soil to maintain a healthy state in response to destabilising influences

Social sciences

* Resilience in art, the property of artwork to remain relevant over changing times *

Resilience (organizational) Business continuity may be defined as "the capability of an organization to continue the delivery of products or services at pre-defined acceptable levels following a disruptive incident", and business continuity planning (or business continuity ...

, the ability of a system to withstand changes in its environment and still function *

Psychological resilience Psychological resilience, or mental resilience, is the ability to cope mentally and emotionally with a crisis, or to return to pre-crisis status quickly. The term was popularized in the 1970s and 1980s by psychologist Emmy Werner as she conduc ...

, an individual's ability to adapt in the face of adverse conditions *

Supply chain resilience Supply chain resilience is "the capacity of a supply chain to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change".Wieland, A., & Durach, C. F. (2021). Two perspectives on supply chain resilience. Journal of Business Logistics. https://doi.org/10.11 ...

, the capacity of a supply chain to persist, adapt, or transform in the face of change * Urban resilience, the adaptive capacities of complex urban systems to manage change, order and disorder over time * Community resilience, the adaptive capacities of communities and societies to manage change and adversities over time

Technology and engineering

* Resilience engineering, a research field seeking to understand how complex adaptive systems cope when encountering a surprise *

Resilience (engineering and construction) In the fields of engineering and construction, resilience is the ability to absorb or avoid damage without suffering complete failure and is an objective of design, maintenance and restoration for buildings and infrastructure, as well as communi ...

, the ability of buildings and infrastructure to absorb assaults without suffering complete failure *

Resilience (power system) Definitions for power system resilience vary, but a commonly cited definition was proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Com- mission (FERC), which defines it as ”the ability to withstand and reduce the magnitude and/or duration of disruptive ...

Resilience (materials science) In material science, resilience is the ability of a material to absorb energy when it is deformed elastically, and release that energy upon unloading. Proof resilience is defined as the maximum energy that can be absorbed up to the elastic lim ...

, the ability of a material to absorb energy when deformed, and release that energy upon unloading *

Resilience (network) High availability (HA) is a characteristic of a system that aims to ensure an agreed level of operational performance, usually uptime, for a higher than normal period. There is now more dependence on these systems as a result of modernization. ...

, the ability of a computer network to maintain service in the face of faults * Cyber resilience, in information security * Resilient control systems, the engendering of cognitive, cyber-physical threat resilience into control systems * a concept in

energy development Energy development is the field of activities focused on obtaining sources of energy from natural resources. These activities include the production of renewable, nuclear, and fossil fuel derived sources of energy, and for the recovery and re ...

* ''Resilience'', the micro-rover carried by the Japanese Hakuto-R Mission 2 to land on Earth's moon

Entertainment and media

* ''Resilience'' (film) (2006) * ''Resilience'' (play) (2009) * ''Resilience'' (sculpture), a sculpture in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Literature

* ''Resilience'' (Greitens book), "Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life", a 2015 book by Eric Greitens * ''Resilience'' (2018), seventh book in Fletcher DeLancey's '' Chronicles of Alsea'' series * '' Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness'', a memoir by Jessie Close with Pete Earley * ''Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities'', a 2009 book by Elizabeth Edwards * ''Resilient'' (book), 2016 autobiography by Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson

Music

Songs

* "Resilience" (2008), by Annabelle Chvostek, off the eponymous album ''Resilience'' (Annabelle Chvostek album) * "Resilience" (2012), by As I Lay Dying, off the album ''Awakened'' * "Resilience" (2015), by Born of Osiris, off the album '' Soul Sphere'' * "Resilient" (2013), by Running Wild, off the eponymous album ''Resilient'' * " Resilient" (2020), by Katy Perry, off the album ''Smile'' (Katy Perry album)

Albums

* ''Resilient'' (Dope Saint Jude album) (2018) * ''Resilient'' (Running Wild album) (2013) * '' The Resilient'' (2017), album by Betraying the Martyrs * ''Resilience'' (Annabelle Chvostek album) (2008) * ''Resilience'' (Drowning Pool album) (2013) * ''Resilience'' (Kid606 album) (2005)

Other uses

* Crew Dragon ''Resilience'', a SpaceX Dragon 2 space capsule, ''C207'', first used for the second crewed Dragon flight, NASA SpaceX ''Crew-1'', first full-up crew mission to the ISS on the platform * Resilience NSW, a government agency of the New South Wales government in Australia * Resilience.org, a pro-environment website owned by the think tank Post Carbon Institute * UK Resilience, a government agency of the United Kingdom