Regional resilience

What is it about?

The economic crisis has prompted greater interest in understanding why some regions might be better able to cope with shocks than others. This can be examined in terms of the notion of resilience. We argue that in the current literature, there has been a tendency to overlook the important role played by human agency in regional resilience - that is, it is important to understand how the actions and decisions of different groups of people such as firms and policy-makers influence resilience.

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Why is it important?

The economic resilience of places is not just shaped by structural factors such as types of industry, but is also shaped by human actions and decision-making.