Taking the Chinese context seriously, this book provides critical reflections and policy-informed accounts of how and why old industrial cities generate uneven resilience in the face of crisis. It offers unconventional conceptualizations and on-the-ground empirical studies in the Chinese context when it comes to the literature on regional economic resilience. Theoretically, this book adopts multiple perspectives, including evolutionary, complex adaptive systems, and institutional and geographical political economy, to provide a more systematic understanding of regional economic resilience in Chinese old industrial cities. Empirically, this book adopts a comparative analysis approach to explore the in-depth nature of uneven regional economic resilience by focusing on two coal mining regions in China. The book also makes an additional and timely academic contribution to the literature on the conceptualization and empirics of regional economic resilience under the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

This book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students and scholars interested in economic geography in general and regional economic resilience, regional industrial dynamics and old industrial cities in China in particular. It is also a useful reference for local and regional governments, as well as businesses, for policy-making and action in the face of crisis.

Investigates regional economic resilience of old industrial cities in China Covers a multiple-case-based analysis equipped with both qualitative and quantitative approaches Brings together a group of top scholars in economic geography

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Dr Xiaohui Hu is an economic geographer who received his Ph.D. from the University of Kiel, Germany, in 2015. He recently worked at the School of Geography, Nanjing Normal University, China, as an associate professor and 'Young Leading Talent' in the University. His research interests include evolutionary economic geography, restructuring of old industrial areas, regional economic resilience, and regional/urban industrial policies. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at Hong Kong Baptist University, China, and the University of Lethbridge, Canada, in 2016 and 2018, respectively. Previously, he worked at Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, and was awarded a talent plan at the Zhejiang provincial level called "the Qianjiang Talent Plan" in 2017. As a PI, he has hosted several international, national and provincial-level research projects (e.g. the British Academy with Sheffield University, National Natural Science Foundation, as well as National Social Science Foundation).Dr Xiaohui Hu has published more than 60 journal articles, 21 of which are SSCI/SCI indexed, mainly in the fields of economic geography and urban studies. He serves as an editorial board member in Transactions in Energy and Sustainability, and Humanities and Social Sciences Communications.

Inhalt
Introduction: theories, concepts, and new research accounts of regional economic resilience.- Adaptation, adaptability, and resilience of regions under economic crises: a conceptual framework.- Regional economic resilience under COVID-19: towards new research agendas.- The economic r resilience of old industrial cities in China: a call for multiple perspectives.- Industrial structure or agency: What affects regional economic resilience? Evidence from resource-based cities in China.