Community resilience

Very accessible, and that is part of the problem -- it has become a buzzword that can mean almost anything. Without specifics, it flatters the speaker while placing all burden on those affected. Worth pressing: resilience of what, for whom, and determined by whom?

Can mean distributed, bottom-up capacity emphasising collective agency and the responsibility of power-holders. Or it can strip power and context out of the picture entirely, placing responsibility for coping on those already most affected. When governments or corporations call communities 'resilient,' it can be a compliment that excuses inaction - you're strong enough to cope, so we don't need to change the system that produced the shock.

How well a community handles and recovers from crises