Regional state innovation in peripheral regions : Enabling Lapland's green policies
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 in...
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ftkarlstadsuniv:oai:DiVA.org:kau-83422 2023-07-16T03:56:53+02:00 Regional state innovation in peripheral regions : Enabling Lapland's green policies Morales, Diana Sariego-Kluge, Laura 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-83422 https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.1882882 eng eng Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013) University Costa Rica, CRI Regional Studies, Regional Science, 2021, 8:1, s. 54-64 orcid:0000-0001-6277-2784 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-83422 doi:10.1080/21681376.2021.1882882 ISI:000620415500001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85101268558 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Smart Specialisation green policies bioeconomy Arctic regional development sparsely populated Economic Geography Ekonomisk geografi Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftkarlstadsuniv https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2021.1882882 2023-06-26T22:13:43Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Karlstad University: Publications (DIVA) Arctic Regional Studies, Regional Science 8 1 54 64 |
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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. |
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