Sustainable Regional Restructuring

Insights from Economic Geography and Regional Innovation Studies

James Karlsen, Jan O. Rypestøl, Michaela Trippl (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

226 Seiten

2025
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-3078-2 (ISBN)

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This incisive book presents conceptual and empirical insights to illustrate how regions can adopt sustainable industry practices in response to climate change. Contributing authors assess regional restructuring from multiple angles, examining case studies and empirical evidence.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book features contributions from economic geography and regional innovation studies that provide an approachable overview of the subject, and proposes fresh development strategies and policies to support sustainable transformations. Chapters demonstrate the role of culture in sustainable regional restructuring and shed light on industries such as salmon farming, oil and gas as examples of adaptive capacity and agency. They address regional green initiatives and digital transitions in local businesses, outlining workforce adaptation and challenge oriented regional innovation systems as concepts warranting further research.

An essential read for students and academics in economic geography and regional innovation studies, this book will also greatly benefit policymakers, practitioners and professionals interested in sustainable regional restructuring and development, including agencies and non-government organisations.

Edited by James Karlsen and Jan Ole Rypestøl, Department of Management and Innovation, University of Agder, Norway and Michaela Trippl, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria, formerly University of Agder, Norway

Contents
Preface xi
1 Sustainable Regional Restructuring: an introduction 1
James Karlsen, Jan Ole Rypestøl and Michaela Trippl
2 Place-based transformative innovation policies 11
Michaela Trippl and Franz Tödtling
3 A plethora of transformative innovation policy tensions 27
Markku Sotarauta
4 On the role of culture for sustainable regional restructuring 42
Camilla Chlebna and Robert Hassink
5 Agency, skills and workforce adaptation 58
Stuart Dawley, Asbjørn Karlsen and Danny MacKinnon
6 Twenty years of regional innovation studies 74
Bjørn T. Asheim and Markus Grillitsch
7 Regional resilience: unpacking adaptive capacity and adaptive
action 92
Jan Ole Rypestøl and Roman Martin
8 The role of agency for the shifting balance of economic,
environmental, and social sustainability in the history of the
Norwegian salmon farming industry 109
Stig-Erik Jakobsen and Arnt Fløysand
9 Regional green initiatives in concert 128
Emelie Langemyr Eriksen and Jan Ole Rypestøl
10 Regional restructuring in the Norwegian seafood industry 144
Monica Plechero and Heidi Wiig
11 Navigating grand challenges – the challenge of transforming
the petroleum sector in Norway 162
James Karlsen
12 Questioning the economic growth paradigm 178
Heike Mayer
13 Geographies of sustainable innovation and regional
restructuring: looking ahead 192
Michaela Trippl

Erscheinungsdatum	05.06.2025
Reihe/Serie	New Horizons in Regional Science series
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-0353-3078-4 / 1035330784
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-3078-2 / 9781035330782
Zustand	Neuware