Table 2 Overview of engineering and ecological resilience
From: Adapting the theory of resilience to energy systems: a review and outlook
Type of resilience | Type of capacity | System’s behavior | In stability landscape | Type of system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Engineering resilience | Â | Close to stable point | Quick return to stable point | Predictable quasi-stationary system |
Ecological resilience | Â | Moves out of basin of attraction | Returns to one of multiple equilibrium states | Complex adaptive system |
| Â | Adaptive capacity/adaptability | Adjusts the system | Towards new equilibrium state | Â |
| Â | Transformative capacity/transformability | Transforms the system | New system and state | Â |
| Â | Coping capacity | Resists disturbance w/o much alteration of the system | Return to old equilibrium state | Â |
Adaptive resilience | Â | System learns and self-organizes | Adjustment to a new stable state | Complex adaptive system |