Regional Economic Systems after COVID-19

Edited by Fred Olayele, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Contents:

PART I THE ECONOMIC REDESIGN IMPERATIVE
1 Introduction: the economic redesign imperative 2
Fred Olayele

PART II OCCUPATIONAL IDENTITY, REGIONAL
RESPONSES, AND POPULATION DENSITY
2 Striving despite disruption: young people’s occupational
identity and economic opportunity during COVID-19 10
Jaclyn Kelly and Anindya Kundu
3 COVID-19 in New Zealand: consequences, policies, and
regional responses 41
David Wilson, Patrick McVeigh and Harvey Brookes
4 The overblown role of population density in the
COVID-19 pandemic in New York City 67
Yu Zhong and Bertrand Teirlinck

PART III EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC
RECOVERIES AND CASE STUDIES
5 Gender equality as an economic imperative in
a post-pandemic era 94
Bernadette Maria Antão Fernandes and Herb Emery
6 The imperative of childcare provision as critical infrastructure 112
Melissa Pumphrey and Poorvi Goel
7 The future of work and inclusion: case studies and
takeaways for economic developers 133
Swati Ghosh and Louise Anderson

PART IV FACTOR REALLOCATION AND REGIONAL
INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS
8 Modeling decreased labor access after the COVID-19
pandemic: economic, social, and demographic implications 149
Jeffrey Dykes, Billy Leung and Fred Olayele
9 Neighborhood vulnerability in critical infrastructure and services 168
Kyle Marks and Joyce Jauer
10 Clusters and regional transformation: establishing
actionable forward agendas 186
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams
11 The global visitor economy and resilience challenge:
Mallorca’s destination resurgence in perspective 203
Fergus T. Maclaren and Bartomeu Deya Canals
12 FDI, innovation superclusters, and value creation in
Canada’s ocean sector 225
Fred Olayele

Index 236