Regional development, power and topological reach: to reach out or fold in?
2023 (English)In: Regional studies, ISSN 0034-3404, E-ISSN 1360-0591Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]
This paper discusses the growing regional socio-economic disparity in Sweden and investigates two regions’ power relationship with the economically and politically dominant Stockholm region: one region with a negative economic trajectory and the other with a positive economic development over 25 years. The conceptual framework is based on the topography/topology nexus, using the key concepts of ‘reach out’ and ‘fold in’ in different resources. To enrich this framework, we incorporate two concepts in regional planning: ‘borrowed size’ and ‘agglomeration shadow’. The findings suggest that ‘reach out’ and ‘fold in’ explain why ‘borrowed size’ and ‘agglomeration shadow’ take place, or do not.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2023.
Keywords [en]
regional development strategies, topography/topology nexus, power relations, left-behind places, agglomeration shadow, borrowedsize
National Category
Economics
Research subject
Human Geography
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-96419DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2023.2231504ISI: 001043583700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85166909131OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-96419DiVA, id: diva2:1789634
2023-08-212023-08-212023-08-24Bibliographically approved