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How have Europe’s outermost regions dealt with the economic and social consequences of the COVID‐19 crisis? Effects, policies and recommendations
| Resumo: | This paper contributes to the literature by documenting how regions have experienced and managed the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, particularly for regions that are largely understudied and whose territorial characteristics (related to hyper-remoteness and poverty) deserve greater attention. To this end, the study investigated regional strategy and planning documents and conducted 32 semi-structured interviews with public authority representatives, sectoral actors and civil society groups. The findings show the socio-economic consequences of the crisis and local policy responses. The study proposes a reflection in terms of public policies on what could be the ‘world after’ in the outermost regions, and highlights how the COVID-19 crisis presented an opportunity to design and implement future territorial development policies that are more adapted to the context and territorial characteristics of these regions. Building a resilience policy in the outermost regions requires strengthening the territories’ capacities, which involves their structural equipment. |
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| Autores principais: | Bourdin, S. |
| Outros Autores: | Cottereau, V.; Hermet, F.; Jean‐Pierre, P.; Medeiros, E. |
| Assunto: | COVID-19 Outermost regions Remoteness Smallness Poverty Local policies |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | ISCTE |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório ISCTE |
| Resumo: | This paper contributes to the literature by documenting how regions have experienced and managed the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis, particularly for regions that are largely understudied and whose territorial characteristics (related to hyper-remoteness and poverty) deserve greater attention. To this end, the study investigated regional strategy and planning documents and conducted 32 semi-structured interviews with public authority representatives, sectoral actors and civil society groups. The findings show the socio-economic consequences of the crisis and local policy responses. The study proposes a reflection in terms of public policies on what could be the ‘world after’ in the outermost regions, and highlights how the COVID-19 crisis presented an opportunity to design and implement future territorial development policies that are more adapted to the context and territorial characteristics of these regions. Building a resilience policy in the outermost regions requires strengthening the territories’ capacities, which involves their structural equipment. |
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