Exploring adaptation and adaptability in uneven economic resilience: a tale of two Chinese mining regions

Xiaohui Hu and Robert Hassink

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2017, vol. 10, issue 3, 527-541

Abstract: The aim of this article is to provide a better understanding of long-term uneven resilience by critically exploring the notions of adaptation and adaptability. Moving beyond the conventional trade-off assumption, the article proposes three main types of adaptation–adaptability relationships: Competing, Separated and Reciprocal, as an analytical approach to explain uneven regional resilience. Two empirical case studies of municipal-level mining regions with a common crisis of coal exhaustion in China, namely Zaozhuang and Fuxin, show how variations of adaptation–adaptability relationships result in uneven resilience.

Keywords: regional resilience; adaptation; adaptability; industrial dynamics; mining regions; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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