TY - BOOK
T1 - Sustainable Regional Restructuring
T2 - insights from economic geography and regional innovation studies
A2 - Karlsen, James
A2 - Rypestøl, Jan Ole
A2 - Trippl, Michaela
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Highlighting the urgent need for regions to transform and adapt to grand societal challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and economic uncertainty, this chapter outlines the book's aim to advance scholarly discourses on sustainable regional restructuring from various angles in regional innovation studies and economic geography. It explores diverse perspectives on sustainable regional restructuring within economic geography and innovation studies, such as environmental economic geography, sustainability transitions, green regional path development, and challenge-oriented regional innovation systems. The chapter outlines the book's aim to advance scholarly discourse on sustainable regional restructuring, bringing together scholars to explore the topic from various angles. From here, the chapter briefly presents the 12 following original contributions in the book, providing novel theoretical advancements, empirical evidence, and policy implications for regional sustainability transitions.
AB - Highlighting the urgent need for regions to transform and adapt to grand societal challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and economic uncertainty, this chapter outlines the book's aim to advance scholarly discourses on sustainable regional restructuring from various angles in regional innovation studies and economic geography. It explores diverse perspectives on sustainable regional restructuring within economic geography and innovation studies, such as environmental economic geography, sustainability transitions, green regional path development, and challenge-oriented regional innovation systems. The chapter outlines the book's aim to advance scholarly discourse on sustainable regional restructuring, bringing together scholars to explore the topic from various angles. From here, the chapter briefly presents the 12 following original contributions in the book, providing novel theoretical advancements, empirical evidence, and policy implications for regional sustainability transitions.
KW - Grand Societal Challenges
KW - Sustainable Regional Restructuring
KW - Innovation Studies
KW - Economic Geography
KW - Policy Implications
U2 - 10.4337/9781035330799
DO - 10.4337/9781035330799
M3 - Collection
SN - 9781035330782
T3 - New horizons in regional science
BT - Sustainable Regional Restructuring
PB - Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
CY - Cheltenham, UK
ER -