They seemed both hardy and a bit naïve, made more resilient by reality but not jaded by it.
The financial system, they insisted, had been made more resilient by deregulation, technological innovation and the globalization of capital flows.
If a flood comes along that exceeds even the very high designed capacity of the dykes, "we don't have a plan B .If cities cannot be moved, they must, like the polder farms, be made more resilient to disaster.
Part of the explanation is the biological fragility of the male fetus … A typical attitude to boys is that they are, or must be made, more resilient than girls.
Now that equation has neatly reversed itself, with the southern nations sliding into distress as Germany, made more resilient and flexible by years of painful structural changes, has reclaimed its role as Europe's economic locomotive.
Both take steps to make lenders more resilient to losses, and they introduce incentives to make riskier activities less attractive for banks.
Made of paper and treated with a water-resistant material, it is woven with wool to make it more resilient.
Since the financial crisis, regulators have forced capital levels higher and introduced changes to make capital more resilient.
All of us have to look seriously at more dynamic solutions to make communities more resilient and better able to cope with multiple shocks," Fontaine added.
It will make us more resilient".
