Resilience and Regional Dynamics: An International Approach to a New Research Agenda

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Economic and financial crises have brought the rise of unemployment, reduction of economic growth and emergence of global imbalances and tensions as countries and regions have suffered the effects of a variety of internal and external shocks. In this context of constant disruption, the scientific community has struggled to provide satisfactory answers to current economic challenges within standard frameworks. Focusing on the interconnections between innovation and resilience, this edited book contributes to a better understanding of how the crisis affects innovation and the capacity of territories to adapt and evolve. It offers both theoretical and empirical contributions that debate the notions of resilience in regional and urban contexts and serve as case studies related to innovation strategies and territorial clusters. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Introduction: Resilience—Concepts and Geography (Teresa de Noronha, Eric Vaz, Hugo Pinto)....Pages 1-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Evolutionary Complexity Geography and the Future of Regional Innovation and Growth Policies (Philip Cooke)....Pages 11-30 Evolutionary Resilience Shifting Territorial Development Paradigms (Carlos Gonçalves)....Pages 31-58 Front Matter ....Pages 59-59 Economic Crisis, Turbulence and the Resilience of Innovation: Insights from the Atlantic Maritime Cluster (Hugo Pinto, Elvira Uyarra, Mercedes Bleda, Carla Nogueira, Helena Almeida)....Pages 61-80 Innovation, Regions and Employment Resilience in Sweden (Charlie Karlsson, Philippe Rouchy)....Pages 81-103 Diversifying Mediterranean Tourism as a Strategy for Regional Resilience Enhancement (André Samora-Arvela, Eric Vaz, João Ferrão, Jorge Ferreira, Thomas Panagopoulos)....Pages 105-127 Front Matter ....Pages 129-129 Design Solutions for Resilience (Davide Fassi, Carla Sedini)....Pages 131-149 Organisational Innovations for Science-Industry Interactions: The Emergence of Collaborative Research Centres in Spanish Regional Innovation Systems (Sandro Giachi, Manuel Fernández-Esquinas)....Pages 151-170 Merging Entropy in Self-Organisation: A Geographical Approach (Eric Vaz, Dragos Bandur)....Pages 171-186 Front Matter ....Pages 187-187 Innovative Urban Paradigms for Sustainability and Resilience (Manuela Pires Rosa)....Pages 189-207 Innovation as Transformation: Integrating the Socio-ecological Perspectives of Resilience and Sustainability (Karl Bruckmeier, Iva Pires)....Pages 209-231 Territorial Innovation Models: Which Consequences in Terms of Policy Design for Peripheral Regions? A Portuguese Perspective (Domingos Santos)....Pages 233-250 Conclusion: Resilience—What’s Next? (Eric Vaz, Teresa de Noronha, Hugo Pinto)....Pages 251-255 Correction to: Resilience and Regional Dynamics (Hugo Pinto, Teresa Noronha, Eric Vaz)....Pages E1-E1