Resilient or resistant? Critical reflections on resilience in an old industrial region

Sweeney, Brendan; Mordue, Greig; Carey, Jeffrey

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.02.005

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“…Finally, Sweeney et al . (2020) recently point at the insufficient distinction made in the literature between regional resilience leading to growth and to decline.…”

Section: Regional Resilience and Different Kind Of Shocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, other critical debates revolve around methods and indicators of how to measure resilience (Martin & Sunley 2020), around whether mainly internal or external factors affect regional resilience (multi-scalarity) (Bristow & Healy 2020), and around the apparent neoliberal thinking behind regional resilience (MacKinnon & Derickson 2013). Finally, Sweeney et al (2020) recently point at the insufficient distinction made in the literature between regional resilience leading to growth and to decline. Overall, regional resilience is a highly complex process of different stages, strongly affected by the specific nature, duration and scale of the shock, as well as several impact factors, such as experiences, regional economic structures and state policies at several spatial scales.…”

Section: Regional Resilience and Different Kind Of Shocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Regional Resilience in Times of a Pandemic Crisis: The Case of COVID‐19 in China

Gong

Hassink

Tan

et al. 2020

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

139

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The notion of resilience to analyse how fast systems recover from shocks has been increasingly taken up in economic geography, in which there is a burgeoning literature on regional resilience. Regional resilience is a place‐sensitive, multi‐layered and multi‐scalar, conflict‐ridden and highly contingent process. The nature of shocks is one important impact factor on regional resilience. Arguably, so far, most literature on regional resilience has dealt with the financial crisis in 2008/2009. In this research note, we will analyse both the particular characteristics of the current COVID‐19 crisis, as well as its effects on regional recovery and potential resilience in China, where it started. We conclude that a complex combination of the characteristics of the current COVID‐19 crisis, the institutional experience of dealing with previous pandemic and epidemic crises, government support schemes, as well as regional industrial structures, might potentially affect the recovery and resilience rates of Chinese regions.

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“…Finally, Sweeney et al . (2020) recently point at the insufficient distinction made in the literature between regional resilience leading to growth and to decline.…”

Section: Regional Resilience and Different Kind Of Shocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Regional Resilience and Different Kind Of Shocksmentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional Resilience in Times of a Pandemic Crisis: The Case of COVID‐19 in China

Gong

Hassink

Tan

et al. 2020

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

139

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“…Over the past few years, the idea of resilience has received growing attention in economic geography and regional studies (Bailey et al, 2020; Boschma, 2015; Bristow, 2010; Martin, 2012; Martin and Sunley, 2015, 2020) The notion echoes an old question in economic geography, namely why some regions succeed in coping with shocks and crises while others fail (Christopherson et al, 2010; Hassink, 2010; Simmie and Martin, 2010). Yet, there are still many unresolved issues around its definition, precise meaning, conceptualisation and measurement (Martin, 2018; Sweeney et al, 2020).…”

Section: Regional Economic Resilience: Prevailing Viewsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rethinking regional economic resilience: Preconditions and processes shaping transformative resilience

Trippl¹,

Fastenrath

Isaksen

2023

European Urban and Regional Studies

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The unpredictable impacts of sudden shocks such as the current COVID-19 pandemic or the current energy crisis accelerated by the Russia-Ukraine war have led to a renewed interest in regional economic resilience. Much of the literature focuses attention on how regional economies and industries could bounce back, that is, how they could return to their pre-shock conditions. Other scholars have proposed to construe resilience as bouncing forward to capture the mechanisms and processes that underpin positive adaptation and structural change in response to an acute crisis. In this article, we argue that both conceptualisations do not consider shocks and crises as a window of opportunity for regional economies to transform into a radically different and more desirable trajectory. We bring a new perspective into play, that is, transformative resilience which places shifts towards more sustainable pathways centre stage. This understanding of regional economic resilience acknowledges that a crisis may bring about permanent structural change and considers to what extent these transformations are to the benefit of society and the environment. This article seeks to identify in a conceptual way what factors and dynamics are vital for enhancing the transformative resilience of regions. To this end, we draw on recent insights from the debate on challenge-oriented regional innovation systems and elaborate on the role of pre-shock conditions and various core processes in building up regional transformative resilience.

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“…Economic resilience is characterized by stable macroeconomics, inclusive infrastructure, and diverse industrial structures (Faggian et al, 2018 ; Iordan et al, 2015 ). It is also manifested by striving to break through functional, cognitive, and political lock-in, and by a continued consolidation of resilience, reorganization, and creativity (Li et al, 2019 ; Sweeney et al, 2020 ).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Spatial–temporal heterogeneity and influencing factors of the coupling between industrial agglomeration and regional economic resilience in China

Zheng

Zhu

et al. 2022

Environ Dev Sustain

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The coordinated development of industrial agglomeration and economic resilience can drive regional economic advantages; this type of development has become a catalyst for sustainable growth and high-quality development of the economy in China. This study applied models, including the coupling coordination degree, spatial autocorrelation, and Tobit, to explore the heterogeneous characteristics of the coupling of China’s industrial agglomeration and regional economic resilience from 2005 to 2019. Additionally, by applying the perspectives of economic and geographic location, indicators were selected to analyze the associated influencing factors, including industrial externalities, new economic geographies, economic policy factors, and other aspects. We found that the overall coupling between industrial agglomeration and economic resilience increased over the study period, but with only a moderate level of coordination. Provinces with high, moderate, and low levels of coordination eventually emerged along a strip-like alternating pattern in space. The dependence increased with an increase in space, but was not significant, and there was a lack of benign interaction between the regions. With respect to interactivity between locations, the interaction of the east and the coast was the most active. There were lower levels of interaction between the west and inland regions. This further confirmed the significant temporal and spatial heterogeneity of the coupling. Environmental pollution, market consumption, the quality of space, and technological support significantly promoted the coupling; opening to the outside world did not. Specifically, with respect to economic location, market consumption and spatial quality had a significant positive effect on the eastern coupling. The center and west regions were significantly affected by economic density and market consumption, and the northeast region was affected by spatial quality and capital intensity. Concerning geographical location, market and technological forces strongly promoted interactions in both the coast and inland regions. The study found that both the government and the market need better guidance to effectively engage with and shape industrial agglomeration and economic resilience in a scientific, reasonable, localized, and distinctive manner.

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Resilient or resistant? Critical reflections on resilience in an old industrial region

Cited by 18 publications

References 62 publications

Regional Resilience in Times of a Pandemic Crisis: The Case of COVID‐19 in China

Regional Resilience in Times of a Pandemic Crisis: The Case of COVID‐19 in China

Rethinking regional economic resilience: Preconditions and processes shaping transformative resilience

Spatial–temporal heterogeneity and influencing factors of the coupling between industrial agglomeration and regional economic resilience in China

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