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Population concentration in high-complexity regions within city during the heat wave Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Hyoji Choi, Jonghyun Kim, Donghyeon Yu, Bogang Jun
This study investigates the impact of the 2018 summer heat wave on urban mobility in Seoul and the role of economic complexity in the region’s resilience. Analysis of subway and mobile phone data reveals a significant decrease in the floating population during the extreme heat wave, underscoring the thermal vulnerability of urban areas. However, urban regions with higher complexity demonstrate resilience
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The symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects: inter-referencing, legitimating strategies and circulating practices in three Latin American megaprojects Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-23 Guillermo Jajamovich, Gabriel Silvestre, Isabel Duque Franco
This paper provides a comparative analysis of three symbolic dimensions of waterfront regeneration projects in Latin American cities: the inter-referencing practices alluded to in relation to projects from elsewhere, legitimating strategies that are discursively and materially constructed to present these projects as socially distributive, and subsequent approaches to leverage lessons from these experiences
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The symbolic power of sustainability: Gulf megaprojects and the case of Expo City Dubai Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-20 Natalie Koch
Sustainability has a unique symbolic power in the contemporary political landscape, as ordinary people, governments and institutions grapple with the effects of the climate crisis. Proponents of megaprojects have tapped into the symbolic power by framing their initiatives as “green,” however resource-intensive they might really be. This article illustrates how this works in the UAE through a case study
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Understanding the role of oil and gas companies in the current sustainability trends: an application of the sustainable business model archetypes Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-27 Jaime Menéndez-Sánchez, Jorge Fernández-Gómez, Andrés Araujo-de-la-Mata
Oil and gas (O&G) companies face a complex process of adaptation to the new sustainability context. How their business models can successfully respond to sustainability requirements remains unclear. We studied the decarbonisation activities of relevant O&G companies and applied the sustainable business model archetypes (SBMAs) taxonomy to shed light on this transformation. Based on this, we focussed
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Symbolic value and embeddedness of an industrial megaproject: Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-23 Max Roessler, Paula Prenzel, Daniel Schiller
Large-scale industrial settlements, such as the establishment of multinational enterprise (MNE) subsidiaries, are megaprojects that face additional challenges when embedding the subsidiary in the region. Part of these challenges may be due to contrasting symbolic values of the industrial project, which can facilitate or hinder embeddedness. This study considers the relevance of symbolic value for the
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Deglobalization: three scenarios Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-16 Peter A G van Bergeijk
The trade developments of the first quarter of the 21st century prompt speculation on how future generations will perceive them. Will they interpret this era as one where deglobalization took root and flourished, marked by a slowdown in world trade? Or will they view it as a mere pause in globalization’s upward trajectory? The literature explores these possibilities, noting the impact of events like
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The right kind of growth for everyone: policy challenges during the digital and green transformations Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-14 Diane Coyle
The UK, like other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) economies, has experienced a dismal decade and a half since the financial crisis. The reason lies in the dual technological transition, energy and digital, which is prompting structural shifts in the economy that require a co-ordinated policy response. This implies the need for more co-ordinated policies and more active
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Global digital networks Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-12-13 Matthew Zook, Michael Grote
The rapid evolution of digital technologies over the past decades has induced profound economic and social transformations. Economic geography faces the ongoing challenge of assimilating these changes into existing theories that elucidate the dynamics of the global economy. In response, we present the Global Digital Networks (GDN) framework, drawing inspiration from established analytical instruments
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The polarisation of Italian metropolitan areas, 2000–2018: structural change, technology and growth Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-11-12 Giuseppe Simone
Large cities are a key driver of technological innovation and economic growth. This paper investigates the developments of Italian metropolitan areas, building on insights from economic geography and innovation studies. The key questions to be investigated are the following: (i) Which trajectories of population and economic change can be identified for Italian metropolitan areas? Are we facing a process
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Rural areas as winners of COVID-19, digitalization and remote working? Empirical evidence from recent internal migration in Germany Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-29 Louis Knuepling, Rolf Sternberg, Anne Otto
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic crises and increased inter-regional economic disparities. However, the catalyst effect that the pandemic has had on digitalization may change the traditional pattern of internal migration, in favour of rural areas. Using time-sensitive register data we explain changes in net migration rates of German districts from an economic geography perspective. We show
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Firm interconnectedness and resilience: evidence from the Italian manufacturing Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-10-23 Ibrahim Shaheen, Steven Brakman, Jacopo Canello, Harry Garretsen
This article explores how firm interconnectedness determines firm-level resilience. We argue that firms that engage in outward foreign direct investment are more interconnected, and therefore better equipped to deal with structural and economic shocks, than firms that are not engaged in outward foreign investment. Interconnectedness is measured along two dimensions; cross-border firm linkages and embeddedness
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Inward FDI and regional performance in Europe after the Great Recession Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-28 Riccardo Crescenzi, Roberto Ganau
This paper looks at inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and regional labour productivity in the aftermath of the Great Recession, exploring two FDI-induced effects. The first effect is linked with a capacity of FDI per se to trigger short-term productivity gains in response to a global shock. The second effect is associated with the degree of industrial diversification of these investment flows
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The potential benefits of regionally differentiated Covid-19 policies Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-25 Mark Thissen, Frank van Oort, Anet Weterings
While many countries introduced regionally differentiated policy measures for Covid-19, such as social distancing, lockdowns and working from home, the Netherlands opted for national binding policies already in the early stages of the pandemic. Using detailed data on the impacts of the first lockdown on consumers’ and producers’ behaviour, as well as scenarios varying on intensities of measures, we
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Demographic ageing: an opportunity to rethink economy, society and regions Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Mildred E Warner, Xue Zhang, Jonathan Guillemot
Ageing is often depicted negatively, but we challenge passive views, suggesting that an “active ageing” agenda requires rethinking economy, urban form and societal responses. We present demographic trends in ageing, migration and urbanization across global regions. Building from psychological theories of ageing regarding disengagement and continuity, we argue for an adjustment response at the societal
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Construction minerals as part of an urban circular economy? A multi-scalar study of the city of Oslo and its hinterland Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Bjørnar Sæther
Flows of construction minerals in the Oslo region are studied in a multi-scalar perspective. Urban densification and construction of infrastructure result in large volumes of gravel and stone which according to law is waste. Waste is landfilled in the hinterland putting pressure on socio-ecological qualities. Lack of regional planning promoting circularity implies municipalities in the hinterland have
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Missing missions or partial missions? Translating circular economy directionality into place-based transformative action Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-09-05 Nick Clifton, Carla De Laurentis, Katie Beverley, Gary Walpole
This paper investigates how top-down policy direction setting is interpreted and implemented within horizontal networks of practice. This is an under-investigated issue, yet vital for delivering ultimately transformative outcomes. It seeks to unpack how actionable directionality can influence progress and introduces the idea of nascent or partial missions. Options for identifying and nurturing these
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Localised waste reduction networks, global destruction networks and the circular economy Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-13 John R Bryson, Andrew Herod, Jennifer Johns, Vida Vanchan
Creating a circular economy (CE) is considered central to solving problems like climate change and resource depletion. In this context, the concept of global destruction networks was developed to better theorise using waste in new production. However, CE advocates also seek to avoid waste production by extending products’ lives. These efforts occur within what we term waste reduction networks. Examining
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‘Let’s brew a new Brussels’: imaginaries of the circular economy Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-08-09 Deborah Lambert
In this paper, I mobilise the notion of imaginaries to analyse a case of the circular economy (CE) in the region of Brussels, Belgium, where bread surplus from mass retail is upcycled to produce a local and more sustainable beer. I examine circular imaginaries and how they are translated into urban practices and materialised in the city. My analysis shows that the craft and post-industrial narratives
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Tensions and duality in developing a circular fashion economy in Kenya Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-27 Lauren England, Eka Ikpe, Roberta Comunian
This paper critically considers the circular economy in the Kenyan fashion industry context, addressing structural and geographical hierarchies and inequalities in the conceptualisation of the circular economy and its associated practices in fashion. From the perspective of fashion designers, it highlights specific geopolitical and geo-economic tensions between local cultural foundations of ‘circular’
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How can a regional innovation system meet circular economy challenges? Conceptualization and empirical insights from Germany Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-19 Martina Fromhold-Eisebith
Promoting the circular economy (CE) increasingly draws on regional approaches. But in particular the potentially supportive role of regionally provided innovations requires more exploration. This paper suggests an expanded categorization of innovation demands for the regional CE and integrates them into an enriched conceptualization of the challenge-oriented regional innovation system (CORIS). How
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Towards a Territorial and Political Ecology of “circular bioeconomy”: a 30-year review of metabolism studies Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-06 Simon Joxe, Jean-Baptiste Bahers
In the context of the increasingly present policies of circular economy and the emergence of “Circular Bioeconomy” (CB), this article presents the results of a literature review on the sociometabolic research of biomasses. Six schools of thought are identified and distinguished according to their authors, their conceptions of metabolism, methodologies and social and spatial dimensions. Based on this
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Responsibility fixes: patching up circular economy value chains Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-07-03 Anna Barford, Saffy Rose Ahmad
Recycled plastics value chains are being collaboratively constructed amid calls for greater responsibility of the corporates driving today’s plastic waste crisis. The resulting ‘responsibility fix’ bolts new arrangements onto linear production processes, offering a mechanism to push linear processes towards circularity, while starting to patch up some of the social and economic injustices associated
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‘Mattering’ the circular economy: tackling the Achilles’ heel of sustainable places via adopting a critical-relational perspective Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Aksel Ersoy, Arnoud Lagendijk
The transition towards a circular economy (CE) is seen as vital for developing sustainable places. CE is used as a new buzzword, as well as an inducement to innovate and change socio-economic practices, by a diverse set of actors to meet sustainability and other goals. Genuine transformation, we argue here, requires those practices to seriously alter discourses and metrics. We adopt a material critical-relational
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Amsterdam’s circular economy at a world-ecological crossroads: postcapitalist degrowth or the next regime of capital accumulation? Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-19 Matthew Thompson, Charlotte Cator, David Beel, Ian Rees Jones, Martin Jones, Kevin Morgan
This article conceptualises the circular economy as a space of immaterial, as well as material, metabolic flows mediated by capitalism and planetary urbanisation. World-ecology provides us with the critical lens to view the circular economy as part of an emergent regime of accumulation that may supersede neoliberalism. However, if each regime entails new frontier zones for appropriating cheap natures
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Mapping the emergence of the circular economy within the governance paths of shrinking cities and regions: a comparative study of Parkstad Limburg (NL) and Satakunta (FI) Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-18 Marjan Marjanović, Joanna Williams
This paper studies the interplay between governance priorities concerning urban shrinkage and the circular economy (CE) agenda in the cases of Parkstad Limburg (NL) and Satakunta (FI), aiming to assess the potential of European circular imaginaries for creating novel development pathways in shrinking cities and regions. The findings reveal that the CE agenda emerges within specific sectors due to various
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Strategies for circular economy in the Nordics: a comparative analysis of directionality Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Mari Wardeberg, Henrik Brynthe Lund, Jens Hanson, Riina Kärki, Linda Rekosuo, Anna Tenhuen-Lunkka, Sarianna Palola
In this paper we mobilize sustainability transitions literature to explore directionality for circular economy (CE) transitions, by drawing on and adapting a framework for analysing roadmaps to empirically investigate CE strategies. Specifically, this paper explores circular economy CE strategy documents in the Nordics, the commonalities and differences between them and to what extent they provide
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Finding land for the circular economy: territorial dynamics and spatial experimentation in the post-industrial city Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-06-08 Jasmin Baumgartner, David Bassens, Niels De Temmerman
The emergence of European-wide circular city agendas calls attention to the integration of circular economy (CE) policies in urban development trajectories. In post-industrial contexts like the Brussels Capital Region (BE), land scarcity and industrial gentrification pose significant challenges for emerging circular activities that do not conform to traditional economic valuation criteria. This article
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Exploring circular economy transition pathways: a roadmap analysis of 15 Canadian local governments Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-13 Juste Rajaonson, Chedrak Chembessi
This paper explores how 15 Canadian local governments of various sizes and contexts are transitioning to a circular economy by analysing their roadmap currently in development. It provides qualitative insights into how physical, socioeconomic and institutional factors are influencing the content of roadmaps, along with their similarities and differences. Drawing from the literature on the geography
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The limits of waste as a resource: a critique and a proposition towards a new scalar imagination for the circular economy model Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-09 Stylianos Zavos, Olli Pyyhtinen
In the article, we critically confront the idea of waste-to-resource at the heart of the circular economy. We discuss some of the blind spots and shortcomings of three circular economy principles: designing out waste, emulating natural systems and decoupling economic growth from resource use. We suggest that their limitations are intimately connected to a scalar reasoning ruled by strict, disjunctive
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The weed, asbestos pipe and disposable tree: unmuting multispecies Flemish and Norwegian circular site stories for diverse circular economies Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-05-07 Wendy Wuyts
This study explores diverse circular economies and methods of multispecies ethnography in Vorselaar, Belgium and Røros, Norway, to identify care-full justice in small-scale places and to challenge traditional anthropocentric and capitalocentric models. This study unearths circular site stories in Vorselaar’s community-driven sustainability practices and Røros’s integration of cultural heritage in its
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Learning from the best: how regional knowledge stimulates circular economy transition at company level Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-04-30 Rahel Meili, Tobias Stucki, Ingrid Kissling-Näf
This paper investigates whether, and what kind of, regional knowledge has a stimulating effect on circular economy (CE) innovation by companies. We thus add to the literature on regional knowledge spillovers, which has rarely focussed explicitly on the CE. For the empirical study, we create econometric regressions based on a representative dataset with extensive information on the CE activities of
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What does it mean to be ‘left behind?’ Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Ann M Eisenberg
This comment critiques the idea of geographic regions being “left behind.” It argues that the term frames the regions in question as passive experiencers of natural phenomena, in turn obfuscating the structural forces that have shaped those regions and local populations’ efforts to pursue better living conditions. The comment draws on three examples from the rural United States to illustrate how the
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Towards a territorialisation of the circular economy: the proximity of stakeholders and resources matters Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Chedrak Chembessi, Sébastien Bourdin, André Torre
This article explores the territorialisation of the circular economy (CE) and analyses how the geographical and organised proximities of stakeholders facilitate the mobilisation of local resources for CE projects. It focuses on two local CE initiatives in Quebec (Canada) and France, for which 70 semi-structured interviews were conducted. The results highlight the importance of tangible and intangible
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Gathering round Big Tech: How the market for acquisitions concentrates the digital sector Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Carolin Ioramashvili, Maryann Feldman, Frederick Guy, Simona Iammarino
Small businesses within the digital sector are spread across the USA. However, a significant number of promising small businesses concentrate in major technology hubs, either initially or through relocation. This phenomenon can be attributed to the influential role played by localized markets for financing and acquisition, which is, in turn, driven by the dominant market positions held by major digital
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Geographies of discontent: measuring and understanding the feeling of abandonment in the Chilean region of Valparaiso (2019–2021) Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Pedro Fierro, Ignacio Aravena-Gonzalez, Patricio Aroca, Francisco Rowe
Political discontent, frequently mirrored in voting patterns, extends beyond ballot votes. By focusing on Valparaiso, Chile, we introduce a more comprehensive measure, external political efficacy (EPE), capturing a sense of abandonment and gauging public sentiment towards the political system’s responsiveness to their needs. Our analysis addresses individual and area-level factors underpinning individual
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The role of place in the development of a circular economy: a critical analysis of potential for social redistribution in Hull, UK Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Pauline Deutz, Andrew E G Jonas, Aodhan Newsholme, Małgorzata Pusz, Heather A Rogers, Julia Affolderbach, Rupert J Baumgartner, Tomás B Ramos
This paper examines the role of place in the local development of a circular economy and the potential for consequent social redistribution. Based on a case study of public, private and third-sector approaches to a circular economy in Hull, an industrial city in the northeast of England, it offers a critical analysis of the geographic distribution of socio-economic benefits from local circular economy
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Left-behind places in central and eastern Europe—labour productivity aspect Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Pawel Dobrzanski, Sebastian Bobowski, Karenjit Clare
In the 21st century, there have already been a series of economic downturns, particularly the Subprime Crisis 2007–2009 and the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. All those events triggered changes in productivity, economic performance and structure. The main objective of this study is to identify the regions left behind in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and to analyse the structural and
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Persistently poor, left-behind and chronically disconnected Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Kenan Fikri
This article explores the extent to which persistent poverty areas represent a compelling sub-category of left-behind areas. It asks why places collectively tend to have a much harder time climbing out of poverty than people do individually, and it explores three ways in which places struggling with persistent poverty exhibit disconnection from the broader economy: commuting patterns, social networks
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Territorial identity and left-behind places: evidence from the central Italian Apennines from a time perspective Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Gabriele Morettini, Fabiano Compagnucci
This paper aims to link the issue of left-behind places with spatial inequalities and demonstrate how, in these places, different territorial identities have contributed to responding to external shocks. By applying principal component and cluster analyses to a set of Italian mountain municipalities, we identified different typologies of these left-behind places as of the early 1950s and examined how
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Three types of income inequality: a comparison of left behind places and more developed regions in the EU Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Alessandra Faggian, Alessandra Michelangeli, Kateryna Tkach
Despite the growing interest in subjective inequality, little is known about the relation between this and more objective measures of inequality, especially in the light of regional disparities. This study focuses on the patterns of actual income inequality and two subjective measures in NUTS 2 EU regions. By accounting for multiple indicators of economic (under)performance, we show that actual inequality
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Coastal towns as ‘left-behind places’: economy, environment and planning Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-14 Stefania Fiorentino, Franziska Sielker, John Tomaney
Many coastal towns in England face a unique set of overlapping challenges: a longstanding socio-economic stagnation and environmental threats coming from the physical location. This paper examines coastal communities in the context of the left-behind debate. The consequences of de-industrialisation and failures in public policies recall other left-behind geographies. We look at a selection of case
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Are rural firms left behind? Firm location and perceived job attractiveness of high-skilled workers Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Sabrina Jeworrek, Matthias Brachert
We conduct a discrete choice experiment to investigate how the location of a firm in a rural or urban region affects the perceived job attractiveness for university students and graduates and, therewith, contributes to the rural–urban divide. We characterize the attractiveness of a location based on several dimensions (social life, public infrastructure and connectivity) and vary job design and contractual
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High-tech development for “left behind” places: lessons-learnt from the Ruhr cybersecurity ecosystem Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Anna Butzin, Franz Flögel
Unlike development strategies for prosperous regions and their prioritisation of high-tech sectors, alternative strategies for left behind places are suggested that shift to foundational economies, community-based social innovation and well-being. While we support this emphasis, we see a tendency to neglect the role of change agents engaged with research and teaching in high-tech domains for initiating
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Building distributive populism: basic income and political alternatives to ethno-nationalism Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Marc Doussard
Left-behind places face linked economic and political problems that must be resolved jointly. This paper examines the potential contribution of basic income programs to that goal. Consisting of regular, no-strings-attached payments to citizens, basic income programs ensure resources and stability for poor and economically precarious households who comprise a significant share of left-behind places’
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Schumpeter’s Gesetz and Gestalt in space: exploring evolutionary economic geographies of money and finance Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-08 David Bieri
This paper argues that money and finance are not sufficiently integrated into the research agenda of evolutionary economic geography (EEG). I identify two dimensions of Joseph Schumpeter’s vision of the inherent instability of capitalism as promising for the EEG research agenda: First, the ‘law’ (Gesetz) of a disequilibrating role of credit creation and innovations in financial relations reveals the
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Obstacles to local cooperation in fragmented, left-behind economies: an integrated framework Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni
Fostering cooperation among local stakeholders is a core aim of place-based policies, and it can generate economic benefits and help restore a sense of agency in left-behind communities. However, relatively little is known about how to induce local cooperation in low-trust, institutionally weak areas. This article develops an integrated theoretical framework to help diagnose the precise obstacles to
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Relational hinterlands in the USA have become disconnected from major global centres Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-20 Maximilian Buchholz, Harald Bathelt
Research identifies strong concentrations of economic activity in dynamic, major city regions, whereas shifts in economic linkages between these and smaller, less-advantaged city regions have been less investigated. Using data on firms’ investment/disinvestment decisions between 1993 and 2017, we show that the majority of ‘relational hinterlands’ (smaller, non-contiguous city regions with at least
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Left behind places in Brazil: the dynamics of regional inequalities and public policies in the early 21st century Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Humberto Martins
This article aims to discuss left behind places in Brazil in the early 21st century. We conceptually debate the left behind places’ approach in dialogue with other contemporary theoretical perspectives. To evaluate regional inequalities in Brazil, we used the coefficient of variation, calculated at two different scales from 2002 to 2019 for GDP per capita, also considering social indicators. The results
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Getting left behind? The localised consequences of exclusion from the credit market for UK SMEs Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Marc Cowling, Ross Brown, Weixi Liu, Augusto Rocha
Recent research has identified a key subset of the business population that comprises firms who had sought external finance but subsequently withdrew from the credit market completely despite still requiring finance. Utilising the UK’s Longitudinal Small Business Survey between 2015 and 2020, we identify the consequences in terms of lost jobs and sales of these small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
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Can infrastructure help ‘left behind’ places ‘catch up?’ Theorizing the role of built infrastructure in regional development Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Grete Gansauer, Julia H Haggerty, Kristin K Smith, Mark N Haggerty, Kelli F Roemer
The application of infrastructure as a regional development tool in resource peripheries has received little direct inquiry in both policy and scholarly debates. This article synthesizes theoretical and empirical directions across economic geography, regional studies and critical infrastructure studies to form a research agenda for investigating the role of built infrastructure in the development of
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Who gets left behind by left behind places? Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Dylan S Connor,Aleksander K Berg,Tom Kemeny,Peter J Kedron
We document that children growing up in places left behind by today's economy experience lower levels of social mobility as adults. Using a longitudinal database that tracks over 20,000 places in the USA from 1980 to 2018, we identify two kinds of left behind places: the 'long-term left behind' that have struggled over long periods of history; and 'recently left-behind' places where conditions have
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Capabilities, institutions and regional economic development: a proposed synthesis Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Koen Frenken, Frank Neffke, Alje van Dam
The capability framework in evolutionary economic geography views regional economic development as a process of related diversification through the acquisition of capabilities that render a regional economy more complex. Using this framework, we synthesize seven theoretical notions that hitherto remained rather disconnected: relatedness, complementarity, variety, complexity, diversification, agents
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Advancing spatial ontology in evolutionary economic geography Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Han Chu, Robert Hassink
Although evolutionary economic geography has been popular in economic geography, it has also been criticized for, among others, a weak geographical conceptualization, which has become evident, particularly in empirical research on related and unrelated variety. Therefore, this paper advances a spatial ontology, which is embedded in critical realism and social constructivism, and will empower evolutionary
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Surveillance and the power of platforms Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 David Lyon
It is a truism that the power of platform companies rests, among other things, on their capacity to engage in surveillance. Their existence depends on the acquisition and analysis of data, which fuels their movement, that is steered by algorithms. Surveillance capitalism, usually instantiated in the activities of platform companies, expanded even more markedly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Platforms
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Towards an evolutionary economic geography research agenda to study migration and innovation Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-07-01 Andrea Morrison
Different strands of literature have provided important insights into the economic effects of high-skilled migration. Evolutionary economic approaches have provided robust evidence and theories to explain how innovation unfolds in regions. However, with few exceptions they have been silent with regard to the role of migration in this process. This paper, while building on the insights of the above
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Geographical evolutionary political economy: linking local evolution with uneven and combined development Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Jürgen Essletzbichler, Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle, Lena Gerdes, Hans-Peter Wieland, Christian Dorninger
This contribution argues that evolutionary economic geography needs to widen its conceptual apparatus in order to engage with the grand challenges of our times. Instead of understanding evolution as a gradual, path-dependent and geographically localized process, the current challenges result from various global political-economic transformations requiring an understanding of evolution as a outcome
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When local business faded away: the uneven impact of Airbnb on the geography of economic activities Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-29 Alberto Hidalgo, Massimo Riccaboni, Francisco J Velazquez
This paper investigates the unequal effect of Airbnb on the spatial organisation of economic activity in Madrid, Spain. Using establishment-level data from Madrid City Council and consumer-facing information from this short-term rental company, we find that Airbnb reshapes the urban space by encouraging tourist-oriented businesses, defined as businesses where tourists spend more than locals, at the
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Digitalisation of Indian smart cities: post-Covid-19 approaches to data, recognition and health monitoring Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-25 Sneha Krishnan
There is a proliferation of digitalisation of urban and health services in India under the Smart City and Digital Health missions, respectively. This study brings digital and feminist geographies together to understand the role of technologies in urban areas, particularly in health service delivery and how healthcare workers mediate these health platforms. Using a case study of Varanasi city in Uttar
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Towards ‘bogus employment?’ The contradictory outcomes of ride-hailing regulation in Berlin, Lisbon and Paris Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Valentin Niebler, Giorgio Pirina, Michelangelo Secchi, Franco Tomassoni
The issue of employment classification has been central in the politics around the platform economy. Crucial has been the phenomenon of ‘bogus self-employment’, whereby workers in de facto dependent employment relationships conduct services as independent contractors. Legislators around the world have aimed to tackle this issue by obliging platforms to classify their workers as employees. Based on
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Platforms, blockchains and the challenges of decentralization Camb. J. Reg. Econ. Soc. (IF 5.6) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Matthew Zook
This commentary explores the feasibility of blockchain technologies (and cryptocurrencies) in contesting the power of centralized, corporate platforms. While proponents of blockchain and cryptocurrencies regularly proclaim their power to decentralize and counter corporate power, I am much more constrained in my assessment and note the significant challenges facing open blockchain approaches in competing