Introduction to Resilience of Urban Transit Systems
摘要
Resilience is a multidisciplinary concept with origins deeply rooted in several scientific fields. The term itself derives from the Latin word resilire, meaning “to rebound” or “to spring back” [1]. In early scientific usage, resilience was primarily used in material science and engineering to describe a material’s ability to absorb energy and return to its original shape after deformation. The concept evolved significantly when Holling [2] introduced resilience to ecology, defining it as the capacity of an ecosystem to absorb disturbances and reorganize while undergoing change so as to retain essentially the same function, structure, and feedback. Since then, the idea of resilience has been employed across various domains, including psychology, socio-ecological systems, disaster risk management, and infrastructure planning [3].