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SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνιολογία της γνώσης / Sociology of knowledge

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 8

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή Ανθεκτικότητα / Regional Resilience

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Regional economic resilience is the ability of a region (defined roughly as a metropolitan area) to recover successfully from shocks to its economy that either throw it off its growth path or have the potential to throw it off its growth path but do not actually do so (Hill et al., 2008).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

DEFINITION COMMENTS: the term resilience... was initially used in ecology and psychology.

REFERENCE: Hill, E., Wial, H. and Wolman, H. (2008). Exploring Regional Economic Resilience, Working Paper, 4, Institute Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley.

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστημονικό μάνατζμεντ / Scientific management

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Scientific management, in its essence, consists of a certain philosophy, which results [...] in a combination of the four great underlying principles of management” starting with “the development of true science” (Taylor, 1911).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

DEFINITION COMMENTS: Scientific management is... also known as Taylorism, because Frederic Winslow Taylor, who is also known as father of scientific management, was the first that introduced scientific method in the lab. Taylor was not the only one who studies scientific management. Others followed, such as Fayol, Gantt, Frank, Lillian, Gilbreth and others.

REFERENCE: Taylor, F. (1911). The Principles of Scientific Management. Engineering & Management Press, Atlanta, GA.

DEFINITION (2): Fayol is considered the founder of scientific organization and management. He approached management with a more systematic way and treated it as a process (Fayol, 1949).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Fayol, H. (1949). General and Industrial Management. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, London.

SOCIAL TERM: Ανάλυση Aπόκλισης- Συμμετοχής / Shift-share Analysis

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Methodological

DEFINITION (1): The shift- share analysis is widely used in regional science, as it is a basic analytical and programming tool. It is applied in order to interpret the changes of different sizes in a periphery, depending on the causes that led to those changes and their classification during a certain period (Papadopoulos, 2000).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

DEFINITION COMMENTS: b. The shift-... share analysis was initially used by D. Creamer during the 40’s, but it was modified and made known by Dunn with his article A Statistical And Analytical Technique For Regional Analysis(Edgar S. Dunn, 1960. "A Statistical And Analytical Technique For Regional Analysis," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 6(1), pages 97-112, January).

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DEFINITION (2): This technique of analysis intends to express the factors that cause the differences of growth among the regions (Esteban- Marquillas, 1972).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Esteban-Marquillas, J.M. (1972). A reinterpretation of shift-share analysis. Regional and Urban Economics, 2,3, pp. 249-255.

SOCIAL TERM: Χωρικός Σχεδιασμός / Spatial Planning

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

TERM TYPE: Methodological

DEFINITION (1): A set of governance practices for developing and implementing trategies, plans, policies and projects, and for regulating the location, timing and form of development (Healey, 1997).

DEFINITION TYPE: Operational

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

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SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνιολογία της γνώσης / Sociology of knowledge

SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή Ανθεκτικότητα / Regional Resilience

REFERENCE: Hill, E., Wial, H. and Wolman, H. (2008). Exploring Regional Economic Resilience, Working Paper, 4, Institute Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley.

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστημονικό μάνατζμεντ / Scientific management

DEFINITION (1): Scientific management, in its essence, consists of a certain philosophy, which results [...] in a combination of the four great underlying principles of management” starting with “the development of true science” (Taylor, 1911).

REFERENCE: Taylor, F. (1911). The Principles of Scientific Management. Engineering & Management Press, Atlanta, GA.

DEFINITION (2): Fayol is considered the founder of scientific organization and management. He approached management with a more systematic way and treated it as a process (Fayol, 1949).

REFERENCE: Fayol, H. (1949). General and Industrial Management. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, London.

SOCIAL TERM: Ανάλυση Aπόκλισης- Συμμετοχής / Shift-share Analysis

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DEFINITION (2): This technique of analysis intends to express the factors that cause the differences of growth among the regions (Esteban- Marquillas, 1972).

REFERENCE: Esteban-Marquillas, J.M. (1972). A reinterpretation of shift-share analysis. Regional and Urban Economics, 2,3, pp. 249-255.

SOCIAL TERM: Χωρικός Σχεδιασμός / Spatial Planning

DEFINITION (1): A set of governance practices for developing and implementing trategies, plans, policies and projects, and for regulating the location, timing and form of development (Healey, 1997).

REFERENCE: Healey, P. (1997). The revival of strategic spatial planning in Europe. Making strategic spatial plans. UCL Press, London, pp. 3–19.

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SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνιολογία της γνώσης / Sociology of knowledge

SOCIAL TERM: Περιφερειακή Ανθεκτικότητα / Regional Resilience

REFERENCE: Hill, E., Wial, H. and Wolman, H. (2008). Exploring Regional Economic Resilience, Working Paper, 4, Institute Urban and Regional Development, UC Berkeley.

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστημονικό μάνατζμεντ / Scientific management

DEFINITION (1): Scientific management, in its essence, consists of a certain philosophy, which results [...] in a combination of the four great underlying principles of management” starting with “the development of true science” (Taylor, 1911).

REFERENCE: Taylor, F. (1911). The Principles of Scientific Management. Engineering & Management Press, Atlanta, GA.

DEFINITION (2): Fayol is considered the founder of scientific organization and management. He approached management with a more systematic way and treated it as a process (Fayol, 1949).

REFERENCE: Fayol, H. (1949). General and Industrial Management. Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, London.

SOCIAL TERM: Ανάλυση Aπόκλισης- Συμμετοχής / Shift-share Analysis

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DEFINITION (2): This technique of analysis intends to express the factors that cause the differences of growth among the regions (Esteban- Marquillas, 1972).

REFERENCE: Esteban-Marquillas, J.M. (1972). A reinterpretation of shift-share analysis. Regional and Urban Economics, 2,3, pp. 249-255.

SOCIAL TERM: Χωρικός Σχεδιασμός / Spatial Planning

DEFINITION (1): A set of governance practices for developing and implementing trategies, plans, policies and projects, and for regulating the location, timing and form of development (Healey, 1997).

REFERENCE: Healey, P. (1997). The revival of strategic spatial planning in Europe. Making strategic spatial plans. UCL Press, London, pp. 3–19.

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