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Neise, Thomas ORCID: 0000-0001-6080-6725, Diez, Javier Revilla ORCID: 0000-0003-2065-1380 and Garschagen, Matthias (2018). Firms as drivers of integrative adaptive regional development in the context of environmental hazards in developing countries and emerging economies - A conceptual framework. Env. Plan. C-Polit. Space, 36 (8). S. 1522 - 1542. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 2399-6552

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Abstract

Many industrial sites in developing countries and emerging economies face increasing exposure to environmental hazards, e.g. in coastal locations, while being situated within the territory of state authorities which lack in capacity to provide adaptation solutions. It is therefore relevant to ask, whether and how firms engage in adaptation, both individually and collectively, in order to reduce business disruptions, enhance their competitiveness and shape regional development. However, the literature has made little efforts to address these questions conceptually and empirically. The paper therefore develops a heuristic conceptual framework for deciphering the decision-making of firms exposed to environmental hazards and the role that they might play for shaping larger risk governance and eventually regional adaptation. In doing so, the paper builds on both an explorative empirical study in Jakarta and Semarang and the assessment of different literatures of relevance to the topic. The proposed framework argues that firms potentially fulfill a twofold role in shaping integrative adaptive regional development when exposed to environmental hazards. First, firms seek to enhance their own competitiveness through adjustments which are determined by their routines, risk behavior and the institutional setting. Second, firms act as stakeholders within broader collective adaptation. In conclusion, the framework suggests that firms' (in-)actions can shift the trajectories of regional development into different directions, along a gradient from collapse, resistance, resilience to transformation. The framework can be used to guide empirical analysis and inspire policy making and practice of integrated adaptation governance, especially in rapidly changing developing countries and emerging economies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Neise, Thomas UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6080-6725 UNSPECIFIED Diez, Javier Revilla UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-1380 UNSPECIFIED Garschagen, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-163648
DOI:	10.1177/2399654418771079
Journal or Publication Title:	Env. Plan. C-Polit. Space
Volume:	36
Number:	8
Page Range:	S. 1522 - 1542
Date:	2018
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	2399-6552
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CLIMATE-CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESILIENCE; RISK GOVERNANCE; ADAPTATION; PERSPECTIVE; CAPACITY; DECISION Multiple languages Environmental Studies; Geography; Regional & Urban Planning; Public Administration Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16364