<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Regional (economic) resilience and resilient thinking have gained considerable attention in recent years. My aim with this work is to throw light on some of the underlying aspects of regional economic resilience and resilient thinking. In the current study I give an overview of the notion, key concepts, main empirical results and planning tasks concerning regional (economic) resilience as well as outlining some of the criticisms. Finally, I provide some suggestions for studies in resilience and resilient thinking for future research agendas. The main results of the study is my own belief in the concept of regional economic resilience, and an overview and comparison of regional (economic) resilience literature and empirics that lead me to highlight some of the shortcomings of the research topic.</p></abstract>

Regional (economic) resilience and resilient thinking have gained considerable attention in recent years. My aim with this work is to throw light on some of the underlying aspects of regional economic resilience and resilient thinking. In the current study I give an overview of the notion, key concepts, main empirical results and planning tasks concerning regional (economic) resilience as well as outlining some of the criticisms. Finally, I provide some suggestions for studies in resilience and resilient thinking for future research agendas. The main results of the study is my own belief in the concept of regional economic resilience, and an overview and comparison of regional (economic) resilience literature and empirics that lead me to highlight some of the shortcomings of the research topic.

Regional economic resilience: concepts, empirics and a critical review

University of West Hungary, Faculty of Economics, Department of International and Regional Economics, Hungary

Miscellanea Geographica

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Regional (economic) resilience and resilient thinking have gained considerable attention in recent years. My aim with this work is to throw light on some of...

Regional economic resilience: concepts, empirics and a critical review

Published Online: Oct 26, 2015

Page range: 70 - 75

Received: Jul 09, 2015

Accepted: Sep 07, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0017

Keywords
Regional economic resilience, overview of concepts, overview of empirics, critical assessment, resilient thinking

© 2015 Balázs István Tóth, published by De Gruyter Open

This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Regional economic resilience: concepts, empirics and a critical review

Published Online: Oct 26, 2015

Page range: 70 - 75

Received: Jul 09, 2015

Accepted: Sep 07, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0017

KeywordsRegional economic resilience, overview of concepts, overview of empirics, critical assessment, resilient thinking

© 2015 Balázs István Tóth, published by De Gruyter Open

This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
Regional economic resilience, overview of concepts, overview of empirics, critical assessment, resilient thinking