AbstractNatural disasters are usually regarded as damage factors causing high
private and social costs. Notwithstanding the incontestable validity of this
premise, natural disasters do not necessarily lead to a structural deprivation
of the area affected. Recent studies have clearly shown that in the long run one
may even observe positive socio-economic effects (‘blessings in disguise’).This
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Abstract(Former) old industrial regions are a specific kind of lagging regions
that suffer from long-term restructuring problems and deindustrialization. They
are back in the focus of many researchers as well as media observers, because of
the rise of populist parties in many of these regions in North America and
Europe. Therefore, new policy options are discussed in the literature. In this
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