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作者

来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.25,Issue8,P.1435-1453

语言

英文

关键字

Regional economic resilience; evolutionary economic geography; economic crisis; policies for resilience; West Macedonia; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; VULNERABILITY; PERSPECTIVES; GOVERNANCE; CAPACITY; GREECE

作者单位

[Kakderi, Christina; Tasopoulou, Anastasia] Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, Sch Architecture, Thessaloniki, Greece. Kakderi, C (reprint author), Aristotle Univ Thessaloniki, URENIO Res, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece. E-Mail: christina@urenio.org

摘要

In recent years, economic resilience has become a popular term in both theory and policy practice. This interest was triggered by the fact that some regional economies were extremely vulnerable, while others have managed to overcome, more or less effectively, the worse consequences of the current economic crisis. Within this context, questions arise regarding the role that policies at both the national and subnational levels can play in shaping regional economic resilience. Although high in the academic and political agenda, understanding the policy and governance aspects of resilience still remains a relatively underdeveloped area. The paper contributes to this debate focusing on an area which has been most severely hit by crises, the Region of West Macedonia, in Greece. The case study builds on the historical trajectory of the region in order to explain how different types of policies have influenced the ability of West Macedonia to respond to economic slumps and crises of the last 30 years. Evidence suggests that national protectionist policies largely explain not only resilience of the region against previous crises, but also its vulnerability towards the still ongoing economic crisis.