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Economic Resilience, Demography And Local Systems: A Commentary On Theory And Assessment

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  • Luca Salvati

    (Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Italy)

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Despite the growing relevance of the 'resilience' dimension, this concept has not been yet carefully defined or satisfactory measured within the more general issue of socio-ecological resilience. Resilience is the capacity of a local system to tolerate disturbance without collapsing into a state controlled by different conditions and processes. Investigating socioeconomic resilience in systems changing rapidly over time is important for sustainable land management under intense and increasing human pressure. This article presents an overview of definitions and approaches for objective quantification of the socioeconomic resilience and an empirical exercise applied to multivariate time series data to assess the specific contribution of demography in socioeconomic resilience. The study is intended to contribute to the resilience issue in the light of the (increasingly complex) relationship between environment, economic systems and the social sphere.

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  • Luca Salvati, 2017. "Economic Resilience, Demography And Local Systems: A Commentary On Theory And Assessment," Romanian Journal of Regional Science, Romanian Regional Science Association, vol. 11(2), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rrs:journl:v:11:y:2017:i:2:p:1-11
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    Keywords

    External shock; Population structure; Human system; Italy.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • N9 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History
    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • P25 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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