
Markus Grillitsch
Professor

Varieties of periphery and local agency in regional development
Författare
Summary, in English
The extent to which structures and preconditions stimulate or hinder regional development is of interest in economic geography, as is the renewal of ‘left-behind’ peripheral regions. However, few studies have addressed how and to what extent peripheral regions differ. To disentangle the notion of peripheral regions as homogeneous and lacking knowledge sources, capital and networks, the paper discusses the characteristics of four types of peripheral regions: resilient regional service centres; locked-in specialized regions; vulnerable rural regions; and locked-in and vulnerable resource-based regions. By detailing the nuances of periphery, we systematize regions’ challenges and opportunities and link these to local agency.
Avdelning/ar
- Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
- CIRCLE
Publiceringsår
2023
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Regional Studies
Volym
57
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Economic Geography
Nyckelord
- lock-in
- non-core regions
- regional development
- regional policy
- trinity of change agency
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0034-3404