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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook addresses one of the most pertinent questions of the 21st century: why are some regions more economically resilient than others?
Contributors provide a state-of-the-art collection on the meaning of resilience when applied to regional economies, offering a range of methodological approaches and rich empirical analyses of regions around the world. Chapters feature in depth examinations of regional resilience in such fields as policy practice, exports, economic shocks and supranational structural funds. Giving readers an insight into ways in which economic resilience is measured, this Handbook explores key theoretical debates and emerging pathways for the application of resilience in policy and practice.
Comprehensive and deeply informative, this Handbook is crucial to researchers working in economic geography and regional studies who require insight into the breadth of debate on regional economic resilience. Practitioners and policy makers working in regional economic development will also benefit from its broad empirical approach to resilience.
Contributors include: P. Benczur, E. Beqiraj, G. Bristow, J. Courvisanos, M. Cowell, G. Di Bartolomeo, P. di Caro, M. Di Pietro, D. Diodato, E. Evenhuis, R. Hassink, A. Healy, X. Hu, A. Jain, E. Joosens, T. Kitsos, A.R. Manca, K.R. Mardaneh, R. Martin, B. Menyhert, N. Pontarollo, Y. Psycharis, C. Serpieri, P. Sunley, V. Tselios, M. Tsiapa, J. Vincente, A. Weterings, S. Zec
Trade Review‘As the concept of resilience becomes further entrenched into the academic and policy discourse around regional economic development, this edited volume provides a timely summary of the current state of the art. The book serves as an excellent entry point for scholars and policy makers wishing to understand the various conceptualizations, measurements, and evidence surrounding the concept of regional economic resilience as well as a wealth of ideas as to future developments in the field.’ -- Andrew Johnston, Eurasian Geography and Economics
'Resilience is a now a significant concept that helps us explain why regions can weather economic shocks. This Handbook draws together a team of leading scholars, exploring the role and impact of shocks on the economic development trajectories of regions. It represents an excellent gateway for those seeking to understand the theories, measurement and analysis of regional economic resilience.' --Robert Huggins, Cardiff University, UK
Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Regional Economic Resilience 1 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy PART I CONCEPTS AND THEORY: CONCEPTUALISING REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE 2 Regional economic resilience: evolution and evaluation 10 Ron Martin and Peter Sunley 3 Regional resilience: an agency perspective 36 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy 4 Adaptation, adaptability and regional economic resilience: a conceptual framework 54 Xiaohui Hu and Robert Hassink 5 New directions in researching regional economic resilience and adaptation 69 Emil Evenhuis PART II MEASURING REGIONAL ECONOMIC RESILIENCE 6 Quo vadis resilience? Measurement and policy challenges: using the case of Italy 88 Paolo di Caro 7 Ranking regional economic resilience in the EU 103 Nicola Pontarollo and Carolina Serpieri 8 A guide to patterns of regional economic resilience 126 Karim K. Mardaneh, Ameeta Jain and Jerry Courvisanos 9 Building a policy relevant resilience measure: beyond the economic perspective 143 Peter Benczur, Elisabeth Joossens, Anna Rita Manca, Balint Menyhert and Slavica Zec 10 Putting adaptive resilience to work: measuring regional re-orientation using a matching model 171 Dario Diodato and Anet Weterings 11 Economic resilience in Great Britain: an empirical analysis at the local authority district level 190 Tasos Kitsos PART III THE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL RESILIENCE 12 Unravelling the driving forces of networks on regional resilience capabilities 209 Jérôme Vicente 13 Exports and regional resilience: evidence from Greece 226 Yannis Psycharis, Maria Tsiapa and Vassilis Tselios 14 Resilience in regional business cycles across the Benelux 242 Elton Beqiraj, Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Marco Di Pietro and Carolina Serpieri 15 Interpreting and defining economic resilience: regional resilience in policy practice 263 Margaret Cowell 16 Supranational policy and economic shocks: the role of the EU’s structural funds in the economic resilience of regions 280 Adrian Healy and Gillian Bristow 17 Conclusions and reflections 299 Gillian Bristow and Adrian Healy Index 303
