REGIONAL RESILIENCE IN IRELAND AND THE EXISTENCE OF A TWO-TIER RECOVERY

• Authors: Barraí Hennebry
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper focuses on the increasing regional disparities in Ireland, especially since the great recession and assesses the degree to which the recovery has been concentrated in urban areas. Ireland was initially affected by the recession to a greater extent than other countries but has recovered strongly. However, this recovery has not been evenly distributed, with some regions showing greater economic resilience. Using descriptive statistics of GDP per capita (PPP), GVA and employment, this paper examines the extent to which the recovery has been a two-tier recovery. The paper finds evidence to suggest that the recovery has been heavily concentrated in Dublin, and to a lesser extent in Cork and Galway, resulting in an urban-rural divide.

Keywords

EN

regional resilience; regional disparities; urban-rural divide; Ireland

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Quaestiones Geographicae
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 37
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 99-110

Dates

published

2018-12-30

Contributors

author

Barraí Hennebry

• Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7150-7691

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/quageo-2018-0043