Attributes and Characteristics of Regional Resilience: Defining and Measuring the Resilience of Turkish Regions

Abstract

ERAYDIN A. Attributes and characteristics of regional resilience: defining and measuring the resilience of Turkish regions, Regional Studies. The increasing frequency of recessionary shocks and the difference in regional growth trajectories in periods of both recession and recovery have resulted in an increased interest in the notion of resilience in the recent literature. This paper, through a discussion of the impacts of recession on Turkish regions, presents an empirical exploration of the concept of regional resilience, categorizing the responses of different regions during economic cycles. A discriminant function analysis is used to explore and explain the differences between resilience categories based on the attributes of the 26 NUTS-II regions, indicating which attributes contribute most to group separation. ResilienceVulnerability Adaptive capacity Recessionary shocksLes qualités et les caractéristiques de la résilience régionale: la définition et la mesure de la résilience des régions turques, Regional Studies. Suite à la fréquence accrue des chocs en période de récession et à la différence des trajectoires de la croissance régionale en période à la fois de récession et de reprise, on a prêté plus d'attention à la notion de résilience qui fait l'objet de la documentation récente. Par le canal d'une discussion de l'impact de la récession sur les régions turques, cet article présente un examen empirique de la notion de résilience régionale, catégorisant les réponses de diverses régions pendant les cycles économiques. On emploie une analyse discriminante pour examiner et expliquer les différences entre les catégories de résilience à partir des caractéristiques des 26 régions au niveau NUTS-II, ce qui indique les caractéristiques qui contribuent le plus à la séparation des groupes. RésilienceVulnérabilité Capacité d'adaptation Chocs en période de récession ERAYDIN A. Eigenschaften und Merkmale der regionalen Resilienz: Definition und Messung der Resilienz von türkischen Regionen, Regional Studies. Die zunehmende Häufigkeit von Rezessionsschocks und die unterschiedlichen Verläufe des Regionalwachstums in Zeiten der Rezession und Erholung haben das Interesse am Begriff der Resilienz in der aktuellen Literatur wachsen lassen. In diesem Beitrag wird durch eine Erörterung der Auswirkungen der Rezession auf türkische Regionen eine empirische Untersuchung des Konzepts der regionalen Resilienz vorgestellt, bei der die Reaktionen der verschiedenen Regionen während der Wirtschaftszyklen in Kategorien eingeteilt werden. Mithilfe einer diskriminierenden Funktionsanalyse werden die Unterschiede zwischen den Kategorien der Resilienz anhand der Merkmale der 26 NUTS-II-Regionen untersucht und erklärt, und es wird angegeben, welche Merkmale am stärksten zur Aufteilung der Gruppen beitragen.Resilienz Anfälligkeit Anpassungsfähigkeit Rezessionsschocks ERAYDIN A. Atributos y características de la resiliencia regional: cómo definir y medir la resiliencia de las regiones turcas, Regional Studies. La creciente frecuencia de los c...

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