Constructive and destructive agency, regional path development and critical junctures: the case of cruise tourism in Nuuk, Greenland

Laura James, Henrik Halkier and Heidi Vorre

Regional Studies, 2025, vol. 59, issue 1, 2461755

Abstract: The literature on regional development paths and human agency has focused on a broad distinction between reproductive and change agency, and the actions of a relatively narrow range of stakeholders. This paper introduces a typology of path development that also distinguishes between constructive and destructive agency. Four overall types of path development are identified: continuation, transformation, decline and disappearance (CDTD). The CDTD typology is used to analyse a case of cruise tourism path development, focusing on why different path development goals are pursued by different stakeholders at a potentially critical juncture.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2461755

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