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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-ND 4.0).
ABSTRACT: This article analyses perceptions of residents of the Seychelles the western Indian Ocean in relation to a long-running debate over small island developing states (SIDS) - whether they are vulnerable or resilient. The results of data obtained from 25 key informant interviews and 70 household surveys conducted in 2013 showed that respondents perceived their country to be both vulnerable and resilient. Moreover, the data revealed that the relationship between vulnerability and resilience was complex, and that five interpretations of that relationship were evident: conflict, compromise, complementarity, symbiosis and transformation. Also, the conceptual distance between the two terms, vulnerability and resilience was shown to be closer than commonly assumed. Finally, the paper questions whether the debate over vulnerability versus resilience is rightly confined to SIDS or could be equally applied to large-scale states
Author(s): Philpot D, Gray TS, Stead SM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Island Studies Journal
Year: 2015
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Pages: 31-48
Print publication date: 01/05/2015
Acceptance date: 11/12/2014
Date deposited: 09/03/2015
ISSN (electronic): 1715-2593
Publisher: University of Prince Edward Island
URL: http://www.islandstudies.ca/node/475
