Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas

This paper departs from the regional resilience concept - as part of a broad strand of literature on non-linear dynamic systems in a space-economy - and introduces the notion of prosilience to highlight the policy challenge of developing radically new and innovative strategies for regions in decline...

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Main Authors: Patricio AROCA, Karima KOURTIT, Peter NIJKAMP, Roger STOUGH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi 2021-08-01
Series:Eastern Journal of European Studies
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Online Access:https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2021_12SI_ARO.pdf
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spelling doaj-3e5990ed7b5941629f4c6f1e789951fa2021-09-09T06:17:12ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiEastern Journal of European Studies2068-651X2068-66332021-08-0112SI769910.47743/ejes-2021-SI04Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areasPatricio AROCA0Karima KOURTIT1Peter NIJKAMP2Roger STOUGH3Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, ChileOpen Universiteit, Heerlen, The NetherlandsOpen Universiteit, Heerlen, The NetherlandsGeorge Mason University, Fairfax, WV, USAThis paper departs from the regional resilience concept - as part of a broad strand of literature on non-linear dynamic systems in a space-economy - and introduces the notion of prosilience to highlight the policy challenge of developing radically new and innovative strategies for regions in decline. The mining industry will be used as an illustrative case. The notion of phoenix regions is put forward to argue that an external disruption or shock in an established industrial sector in a region necessitates unconventional survival strategies oriented towards entirely new market demands and based on totally different product packages. Ansoff's model on product diversification in competitive markets forms an inspiration source for the Schumpeterian 'creative destruction' proposition advocated in this study. An illustrative case study is concisely described in the present paper, viz. the South-Limburg coal mining region in the Southern part of the Netherlands. Smart prosilience trajectories supported in particular by evidence-based decision support tools are sketched for such depressed regions, based on the so-called Pentagon intervention model. The paper is concluded with some general policy lessons for an intelligent transformation of regions in decline. https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2021_12SI_ARO.pdfresilienceprosiliencephoenix regionsintelligent transformationmining areasansoff modelcreative destructionsustainable development
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author Patricio AROCA
Karima KOURTIT
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Roger STOUGH
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Karima KOURTIT
Peter NIJKAMP
Roger STOUGH
Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
Eastern Journal of European Studies
resilience
prosilience
phoenix regions
intelligent transformation
mining areas
ansoff model
creative destruction
sustainable development
author_facet Patricio AROCA
Karima KOURTIT
Peter NIJKAMP
Roger STOUGH
author_sort Patricio AROCA
title Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
title_short Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
title_full Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
title_fullStr Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
title_full_unstemmed Prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
title_sort prosilience trajectories of phoenix regions: a narrative on intelligent transformation of old mining areas
publisher Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
series Eastern Journal of European Studies
issn 2068-651X
2068-6633
publishDate 2021-08-01
description This paper departs from the regional resilience concept - as part of a broad strand of literature on non-linear dynamic systems in a space-economy - and introduces the notion of prosilience to highlight the policy challenge of developing radically new and innovative strategies for regions in decline. The mining industry will be used as an illustrative case. The notion of phoenix regions is put forward to argue that an external disruption or shock in an established industrial sector in a region necessitates unconventional survival strategies oriented towards entirely new market demands and based on totally different product packages. Ansoff's model on product diversification in competitive markets forms an inspiration source for the Schumpeterian 'creative destruction' proposition advocated in this study. An illustrative case study is concisely described in the present paper, viz. the South-Limburg coal mining region in the Southern part of the Netherlands. Smart prosilience trajectories supported in particular by evidence-based decision support tools are sketched for such depressed regions, based on the so-called Pentagon intervention model. The paper is concluded with some general policy lessons for an intelligent transformation of regions in decline.
topic resilience
prosilience
phoenix regions
intelligent transformation
mining areas
ansoff model
creative destruction
sustainable development
url https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2021_12SI_ARO.pdf
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