Greening of regional industrial paths and the role of sectoral characteristics: A study of the maritime and petroleum sectors in an Arctic region

IF 2.8 2区经济学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

European Urban and Regional Studies Pub Date : 2021-08-19 DOI:10.1177/09697764211038412

Trond T. Nilsen, Rune Njøs

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Abstract

Recent studies on regional industrial path development call for new perspectives and studies of how a region’s endogenous and exogenous processes (e.g. networks, capital, knowledge) influence its industries, and more recently, the greening of those industries. To this end, recent research has focused on increasing our understanding of the roles of firm and non-firm agency and multi-scalar dynamics (e.g. value chains, national and global regulations). However, the literature has naturally tended to focus more on territorial dynamics (e.g. agglomerations, clusters, regional innovation systems) than on the role of sectoral characteristics to explain regional industrial path development and regional industry greening. To address this, we have developed a framework built on the sectoral innovation systems literature to provide a better explanation of the role of sectoral characteristics in regional industrial path development. We argue herein that the greening of regional industrial paths can be strongly influenced by sectoral characteristics (e.g. standards, markets, technological solutions, laws, regulations), and not merely by territorial characteristics. Our theory-based argument is practically exemplified by an investigation of how a new green technology, onshore power supply, has influenced the greening of two industries (i.e. maritime and petroleum) in the rural Arctic region of northern Norway.

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区域工业路径的绿化和部门特征的作用:北极地区海洋和石油部门的研究

最近对区域产业路径发展的研究需要对一个区域的内生和外生过程（如网络、资本、知识）如何影响其产业，以及最近对这些产业的绿化进行新的视角和研究。为此，最近的研究重点是增加我们对企业和非企业代理以及多标量动态（如价值链、国家和全球法规）的作用的理解。然而，文献自然倾向于更多地关注地域动态（如集聚、集群、区域创新系统），而不是部门特征在解释区域产业路径发展和区域产业绿化方面的作用。为了解决这一问题，我们在部门创新系统文献的基础上制定了一个框架，以更好地解释部门特征在区域产业路径发展中的作用。我们认为，区域产业道路的绿化可能受到部门特征（如标准、市场、技术解决方案、法律、法规）的强烈影响，而不仅仅是受到地区特征的影响。我们基于理论的论点在挪威北部北极农村地区的一项新的绿色技术——陆上电力供应——如何影响两个行业（即海事和石油）的绿化的调查中得到了实际的例证。

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European Urban and Regional Studies Multiple-

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6.10

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3.20%

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期刊介绍： European Urban and Regional Studies is a highly ranked, peer reviewed international journal. It provides an original contribution to academic and policy debate related to processes of urban and regional development in Europe. It offers a truly European coverage from the Atlantic to the Urals,and from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean. Its aims are to explore the ways in which space makes a difference to the social, economic, political and cultural map of Europe; highlight the connections between theoretical analysis and policy development; and place changes in global context.