The dark side of regional industrial path development: towards a typology of trajectories of decline

Jiří Blažek (Korresp. Autor*in), Viktor Květoň, Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer, Michaela Trippl

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Abstract

Over the past few years, scholarly debates on new path development have attracted increasing attention within the economic geography literature. This work distinguishes various trajectories of regional and industrial evolution. So far, these evolutionary trajectories have been mainly conceptualized as ‘positive’ forms of path development. However, in reality, many regions are undergoing phases that can be characterized as ‘negative’ trajectories. Despite their potentially detrimental social and political effects, negative pathways have to date largely been ignored in the extant literature. This paper seeks to shed light on the ‘dark side’ of path development by outlining a typology of ‘pathways of decline’. Three forms of negative pathways are identified, namely path contraction, path downgrading and path delocalization. Empirical illustrations are provided for each of them.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1455-1473
Seitenumfang19
FachzeitschriftEuropean Planning Studies
Jahrgang28
Ausgabenummer8
Frühes Online-Datum30 Okt. 2019
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2020

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  • 507026 Wirtschaftsgeographie

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