Metrics for analyzing regional resilience: a bibliographic and cluster analysis approach

The term resilience has begun to proliferate in regional economic literature over the last decade as more and more authors have sought to connect the term to economic shocks. Resilience as a concept is not new, particularly for ecology and engineering, but its use in regional economic analysis is mo...

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Main Authors: Andrew Crawley, Adam Daigneault, Kathryn Maria Bowen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press
Series:Agricultural and Resource Economics Review
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1068280525100105/type/journal_article
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Summary:The term resilience has begun to proliferate in regional economic literature over the last decade as more and more authors have sought to connect the term to economic shocks. Resilience as a concept is not new, particularly for ecology and engineering, but its use in regional economic analysis is more recent. Many authors have sought to define and measure the resilience of regions to exogenous shocks, utilizing multifaceted interdisciplinary approaches. This paper uses a bibliometric approach to conduct an in-depth critical review of both the definitions and metrics associated with regional resilience. We found 98 unique studies that were reviewed to collate and analyze methods and indicators used to measure regional economic resilience. Our analysis identified 202 unique metrics (e.g., educational attainment) associated with regional economic resilience that can be aggregated into 15 overarching themes (e.g., demographics), and represented in 3 distinct clusters (e.g., community development).
ISSN:1068-2805
2372-2614