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Resilience

The ability of a system, community or society exposed to hazards to resist, absorb, accommodate, adapt to, transform 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 through risk management.

Glossary Source

UNDRR 2016
( UNDRR - Report of the open-ended intergovernmental expert working group on indicators and terminology relating to disaster risk reduction )
https://www.undrr.org/terminology