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Re-framing Regional Development - Evolution, Innovation and Transition (Paperback)
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Re-framing Regional Development - Evolution, Innovation and Transition (Paperback)
Series: Regions and Cities
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Turbulence characterises the current global scene. This book uses
complementary theoretical approaches to understand and help
prescribe policies to 're-frame' the regional development problem
in turbulent times. These approaches are: evolutionary complexity;
evolutionary economic geography; emergence theory; and resilience
theory. From below, they address the four major crises creating a
'perfect storm' for societies and economics involving: the climate
change crisis; the energy crisis; the banking and financial crisis;
and the global economic crisis. This book analyses and proposes
ways in which regional economies, in particular, are having to be
'reframed' to address these crises. First, many must evolve in new
ways, possibly moving back from the 'service economy' towards a
new, greener form of manufacturing of goods as well as services.
Accordingly, regional economies are innovating in new ways. Amongst
these are the quest for 'relatedness' within their own regional
orbits, and promoting 'modularity' as a mode of analysis and a
policy stance to stimulate innovation across industry and
geographical borders. Finally, regional economies and societies are
discovering that, from a 'resilience' perspective, they must find
answers to the higher levels of governance with which they
increasingly struggle. In this respect regional economies are in
'transition' and regional processes are 'emergent'. The transition
seeks to address the four crises, involving re-balancing,
re-directing and re-framing future policy and practice. This book
describes many of the novel 'framings' involved in understanding
the new ways in which this major task is being addressed in theory,
policy and everyday practice.
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