Regional state innovation in peripheral regions: enabling Lapland’s green policies

 

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Λεπτομέρειες βιβλιογραφικής εγγραφής
Συγγραφείς: Morales Arcila, Diana, Sariego Kluge, Laura
Μορφή: artículo original
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης:2021
Περιγραφή:How do sparsely populated regions innovate in green policies? What enables or limits such innovation? The green policy literature often focuses on core regions, while territorial innovation models have long ignored regional state innovation. In this article we examine the drivers of public sector innovation in green policies in peripheral regions, often considered unequipped. The data come from the case study of Finnish Lapland's Smart Specialisation Strategy in relation to promoting a forest-based bioeconomy. In a context where climate change has become a major global challenge, and sustainable development an additional responsibility for local and regional governments, this article contributes to understanding the rationales for innovation in green policies from a regional perspective. Drawing from institutional economic geography, we argue that top-down approaches (Smart Specialisation) combined with scale and place-specificity (personal connections, environmental fragility, political will and natural resources endowments) play an important role in driving the governments of sparsely populated regions to innovate when translating and implementing green policies.
Χώρα:Kérwá
Ίδρυμα:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Γλώσσα:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/83283
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.1882882
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/83283
Λέξη-Κλειδί :Smart Specialisation
green policies
bioeconomy
regional development