Towards an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience

Ron Boschma ()

No 1409, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This paper proposes an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience. We conceptualize resilience not just as the ability of a region to accommodate shocks, but we extend it to the long-term ability of regions to develop new growth paths. We propose a comprehensive view on regional resilience, in which history is key to understand how regions develop new growth paths, and in which industrial, network and institutional dimensions of resilience come together. Resilient regions are capable of overcoming a trade-off between adaptation and adaptability, as embodied in their industrial (related and unrelated variety), network (open, loosely coupled) and institutional (loosely coherent) structures.

Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2014-03, Revised 2014-03
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Journal Article: Towards an Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Resilience (2015)
Working Paper: Towards an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience (2014)
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