Definitions and Models of Resilience in Natural Disasters

Natural disasters have constantly been a big challenge in sustainable development. In order to reach this development, using vulnerability reduction patterns and models is very essential. Therefore, disaster risk reduction is of great importance and should find its proper place in national policies of every country in order to provide an appropriate condition for effective risk reduction in various levels. In this regard, promoting preparedness of the society for encountering future events and their capacities to resist the heavy pressures of disasters needs a comprehensive and widespread planning. This review article uses literature review related to resilience to introduce different resilience model. The society's capacity is called "resilience" in human science which will be addressed in this paper. Its definitions and few resilience models are also presented. At the end, suggestions are made for developing, maintaining and obtaining resilience in disasters.