Regional Spatial Resilience: Interdisciplinary Foundations, Policies and Planning

Why do some regions recover from shocks while others fall behind? You follow a storm-hit coastal district, a shrinking industrial valley, and a fast-growing tech hub to see how planning choices shape outcomes. The book traces the global rise of resilience idea across disciplines, explains how governments and international organisations embed it in policy, and tests tools to measure regional strength. Drawing on different theoretical perspectives, spatial analyses, policy datasets, and 500+ sources, you discover why regions—not only states—anchor resilient futures, and how to design smarter, evidence-based spatial policies today.