Towards an Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Resilience

Abstract

BOSCHMA R. Towards an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience, Regional Studies. This paper proposes an evolutionary perspective on regional resilience. It conceptualizes resilience not just as the ability of a region to accommodate shocks, but extends it to the long-term ability of regions to develop new growth paths. A comprehensive view on regional resilience is proposed 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 related and unrelated variety, loosely coupled networks and loosely coherent institutional structures. Regional resilienceEvolutionary economic geography Regional branching Institutional change Resilient networks Path dependence BOSCHMA R. 迈向区域恢復力的演化观点，区域研究。本文提出一个区域恢復力的演化观点。该观点不仅将恢復力 概念化为区域调适冲击的能力，更将此延伸至区域建立新的成长路径的长期能力 。本研究将提出一个区域恢復力的 综合视角，在该视角中，历史是理解区域如何发展新的成长路径的关键，且恢復力的产业、网络 与制度面向融合在 一起 。具恢復力的区域，有能力克服适应与调适力之间的权衡，并体现在相关与不相关多样性，以及鬆弛连结的网 络和鬆散协调的制度结构中。 区域恢復力 演化经济地理 区域分化 制度变革 具恢復力的网络 路径依赖 BOSCHMA R. Vers une perspective évolutive de la capacité d'adaptation régionale, Regional Studies. Cet article propose une perspective évolutive de la capacité d'adaptation régionale. On conceptualise la capacité d'adaptation non seulement comme la capacité d'une région de s'ajuster aux chocs, mais aussi la capacité à long terme des régions de développer de nouveaux sentiers de croissance. On cherche à donner un aperçu global de la capacité d'adaptation régionale où l'histoire s'avère un facteur clé pour comprendre comment les régions développent de nouveaux sentiers de croissance, et où les aspects industriels, réseautés et institutionnels de la capacité d'adaptation se réunissent. Les régions qui s'adaptent peuvent surmonter le conflit entre, d'un côté, la capacité d'adaptation et, de l'autre côté, l'adaptabilité, tel qu'il figure dans les notions de variétés connexe et sans rapport, dans les réseaux à couplage faible et dans les structures institutionnelles peu cohérentes. Capacité d'adaptation régionale Géographie économique évolutive Ramification régionale Changement institutionnel Réseaux adaptés Analyse de dépendance BOSCHMA R. Auf dem Weg zu einer evolutionären Perspektive der regionalen Resilienz, Regional Studies. In diesem Beitrag wird eine evolutionäre Perspektive der regionalen Resilienz vorgeschlagen. Die Resilienz wird nicht nur als die Fähigkeit einer Region zur Verarbeitung von Schocks konzeptualisiert, sondern auf die langfristige Fähigkeit von Regionen zur Entwicklung neuer Wachstumspfade erweitert. Es wird eine umfassende Perspektive der regionalen Resilienz vorgeschlagen, in der die Geschichte eine Schlüsselrolle beim Verständnis der Frage spielt, wie Regionen neue Wachstumspfade entwickeln, und in der Branchen-, Netzwerk-und institutionelle Dimensionen der Resilienz miteinander kombiniert werden. Resiliente Regionen können einen Kompromiss zwischen Anpassung und ...

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