ability of an ecological or socio-ecological system and its components to anticipate, reduce, accommodate, or recover from the effects of a hazardous event or trend in a timely and efficient manner

<i>Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</i>, IPCC, http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar5/wg2/WGIIAR5-Chap20_FINAL.pdf [13.2.2015]

ecological resilience