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作者

Xiaohui Hu;Liangang Li;Ke Dong

来源

CITIES,Vol.120,Issue1,Article 103440

语言

英文

关键字

Regional economic resilience;Resistance;Crisis nature;State agency;COVID-19;Northeast China

作者单位

School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, China;Key laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China;College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China;School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China;School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, Nanjing, China;Key laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China;College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China;School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, China

摘要

This paper examines how the economies of old industrial cities in Northeast China respond to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic crisis. The notion of resistance in regional economic resilience is used to explore what impact factors shape the response to the early stage of the crisis. The analysis reveals significant differences in terms of regional economic impact between COVID-19 and the 2008 financial crisis. We find that large cities are more vulnerable and exposed to the pandemic at its early stage, state agency plays a crucial role in shaping the economic resistance in most cities. Going beyond the existing 2008 financial crisis-induced account on regional economic resilience, this paper argues that regional resistance amid COVID-19 is not merely shaped by economic structural factors but also influenced by state agency in terms of economic restriction and restoration measures. The study suggests that the nature of COVID-19 as a particular context of crisis itself needs to be taken seriously when exploring the determinants and outcomes of regional economic resilience.