This often implies a shift towards emphasizing the capabilities of the affected systems: for instance, those of people or communities (Murphy 2007; Keck and Sakdapolrak 2013), or of society or nations (Edwards 2009; U.S. NRC 2012) to "make cities resilient" (UNISDR 2012), to protect (U.S. Government 1996), or to increase the resilience of infrastructures (Koski 2011).
Public services and communities are less resilient today than before the financial crisis.
Those androgynous looks helped him play a resilient 1970s transvestite in Breakfast On Pluto, for example.
Nevertheless the shares of their parent companies have been fairly resilient this year, reflecting how muted the regulatory backlash has been.That is not because of a shortage of scrutiny.
"Emerging markets really took it on the chin last year, so it isn't that much of a shock that they have been more resilient this year," said Ben Inker, head of asset allocation at GMO, a global investment management firm.
But the financial system is more resilient today than it has been in the past, because it's a much easier industry for companies to enter than it was in the 1930s.
Steven Moffat's latest festive panto is a typically lavish affair, with the Doctor and a resilient 1940s widow (Claire Skinner) embroiled in an ingenious take on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
The IEA's assessment coincided with a note from Wall Street's dominant oil trading force, Goldman Sachs, which forecast a slump in the crude price to as low as $20 a barrel if Opec production continues to grow and non-Opec supply stays resilient next year.
We were very resilient today and we needed to be.
Even Chile's currency, remarkably resilient this year, is giving way.
