Regions in a time of pandemic

Regional economic growth and inequality in Greece

“…Given the fact that public investment has had a moderate effect on regional inequality in Greece in the last three decades (Rodríguez‐Pose, Psycharis, & Tselios, 2016), we interpret this finding as a call for a more effective and placed‐based‐oriented policy approach (Avdikos & Chardas, 2016). This is probably more urgent than ever in the COVID‐19 pandemic era, when territorial cohesion policy faces many challenges (Artelaris & Mavrommatis, 2020) and regional inequality stands the chance of further increase brought about due to the nature of the crisis (Bailey et al, 2020).…”

“…On the other hand, if we account for the forces that affect regional inequality, regions within the EU can be seen to have been experiencing a period of unprecedented change and transformation as a result of the processes of globalization and economic integration, which has left several of the world's richest regions marginalized (Neumark, 2017); the economic crisis of 2008, which triggered rising inequality in several cases (Brakman, Garretsen, & van Marrewijk, 2015; Capello, Caragliu, & Fratesi, 2015; Mazzola & Pizzuto, 2020) along with political changes (e.g., the surge of populism and anti‐establishment extremism), which can also be linked with changes in regional inequality (Artelaris & Tsirbas, 2018; Dijkstra, Poelman, & Rodríguez‐Pose, 2019). Moreover, the current COVID‐19 crisis holds the potential to further increase regional inequality (Bailey et al, 2020).…”

Globalization and COVID-19: The Role of Local and Regional Authorities In Context Of International Relations

“…It has focused on coordination at the global, regional and national levels, avoiding fragmentation and duplication of efforts, and promoting an efficient humanitarian-development nexus and, finally, on the reinforcement of synergies between the health response and the socio-economic response, understanding that effective policies require a multidimensional lens and a whole-of-government approach [17]. Positively, the European Commission has proposed a recovery package that aims at relaunching economies while maintaining the Green Deal at its core [1,17,18]. The pandemic might yet reinvigorate the EU and lead to a new initiative to fund and enhance pan-European integration in emergency planning and public health provision [1].…”

“…(2020), the economic problems caused by the current pandemic tend to be region specific [18]. Economic impacts will vary with the local industry base and general regional conditions [18], as regions act as key drivers of innovation [21], innovation will be also at risk.…”

Real estate and regional studies

“…Collectively, the papers in this virtual special issue clearly demonstrate the value of ongoing exchanges between regional studies and real estate research. Indeed there remains much fruitful ground for further fruitful exchanges: additional analyses of how real estate dynamics may hinder or facilitate regions to mitigate the effects of a recession and/or speed up recovery (Bailey et al, 2020); more grounded research into of the many relations between regional policy and real estate (Evans, 1990); broadening the geographical scope of this often US, UK, and EU-centric research in geographical terms, and subsequently reflecting on its theoretical implications (Roy, 2009); and research into real estate sectors that have hitherto been less studied in regional studies (e.g., public housing) (Lindbergh et al, 2004) are obvious, but by no means the only possibilities that would be welcomed in this journal. In any case, we hope that this virtual special issue allows new links and alliances to be forged between regional studies and real estate research, and we remain open to publishing further research at the intersection of both fields.…”