Value Chain Dynamics, Settlement Trajectories and Regional Development

Fold N. Value chain dynamics, settlement trajectories and regional development, Regional Studies. Global value chain (GVC) analysis has little to say about the interaction between regions and global chain dynamics. However, recent calls to address broader development issues have resulted in efforts...

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Published in:Regional studies 2014-05, Vol.48 (5), p.778-790
Main Author: Fold, Niels
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aménagement du territoire
Area planning & development
Bgi / Prodig
Cadenas de valores
Chaînes de valeur
Comunidades
Desarrollo regional
Diversification
Dynamics
Economic growth. Development
Existenzgrundlagen
Global economy
Human geography
Livelihoods
Medios de vida
Methodology
Moyens d'existence
Networks
Political and economic geography
Production
Production networks
Produktionsnetze
Redes de producción
Regional development
Regional studies
Regionalentwicklung
Réseaux de production
Settlements
Siedlungen
Studies
Value chain
Value chains
Wertschöpfungsketten
Zones de peuplement
价值链
区域发展
定居
生产网络
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Summary:Fold N. Value chain dynamics, settlement trajectories and regional development, Regional Studies. Global value chain (GVC) analysis has little to say about the interaction between regions and global chain dynamics. However, recent calls to address broader development issues have resulted in efforts to incorporate a spatial dimension in GVC analysis. Addressing this issue, the paper argues that GVC analysis needs to be combined with the examination of livelihoods at settlement level. Livelihood diversification - or lack thereof - indicates particular settlement trajectories that constitute regional development pathways. It is also suggested that the understanding of how regions are shaped by value chain dynamics will improve by adding elements from global production network (GPN) theory to the combined methodology, namely by an examination of territorial embeddedness and value (creation, enhancement, capture, distribution) at settlement level.
ISSN:0034-3404
1360-0591
DOI:10.1080/00343404.2014.901498