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SOCIAL TERM: Αστική συσσώρευση / Urban agglomeration

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 3

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): Urban agglomeration is a highly developed spatial form of integrated cities. It occurs when the relationships among cities shift from mainly competition to both competition and cooperation (Fund and Yu, 2017).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Fund, C. and Yu, D. (2017). Urban agglomeration: An evolving concept of an emerging phenomenon. Landscape and Urban Planning, 162, p.p.126-136.

DEFINITION (2): An urban agglomeration is essentially differentfrom regular clusters of densely populated urban regions. Urban agglomerations are an ordered urban system evolved along industrialization and city-centered regional development. Cities withinan urban agglomeration are ordered and have clear hierarchy and division of functions (Cui, 1992).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Cui, G. (1992). Study on China’s Urban and Township Development. Chinese Construction Industry Press, Beijing.

DEFINITION (3): Urban agglomerations can be defined as contiguously built-up area, shaped by one core city or by several adjacent cities, sharing industry-, infrastructure- and housing-land use with high-density levels as well as embedded open spaces (Loibl et al., 2018).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Loibl, W., Etminan, G., Gebetsroither-Geringer, E., Neumann, H.M. and Sanchez-Guzman, S. (2018). Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in Different Continents: History, Patterns, Dynamics, Drivers and Trends. Urban Agglomeration, IntechOpen.

SOCIAL TERM: Τρωτότητα / Vulnerability

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): In everyday use of language, the term vulnerability refers to the inability to withstand the effects of a hostile environment (Ciurean et al., 2013).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Ciurean, R. L., Schröter, D., and Glade, T. (2013). Conceptual Frameworks of Vulnerability Assessments for Natural Disasters Reduction. Tiefenbacher, J. Approaches to Disaster Management - Examining the Implications of Hazards, Emergencies and Disasters, 1. pp. 1-32.

DEFINITION (2): Vulnerability is the degree to which a system, or part of a system, may react adversely to the occurrence of a hazardous event. The degree and quality of that adverse reaction are partly conditioned by the system (Timmerman, 1981).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

REFERENCE: Timmerman, P. (1981). Vulnerability, Resilience and the Collapse of Society. Environmental Monograph No. 1, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto.

SOCIAL TERM: Εργασία λευκού κολλάρου / White collar work

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

DEFINITION (1): The term white-collar work was used by Shirai in 1983 to describe the employees in the office, in contrast with the workers who were wearing a blue collar (Hope et al., 2009)

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

DEFINITION COMMENTS: These terms come... from the color of the shirts of traditional workers. The office employees used to wear white shirts, while the laborers used to wear a work uniform, which was usually blue.

REFERENCE: Hope, W., Iravani, S. and Liu, F. (2009). Managing White-Collar Work: An Operations-Oriented Survey. Production and Operations Management, 18, 1, pp. 1–32.

DEFINITION (2): The term white collar work refers to those who do non-manual work. These workers are for example supervisors, clerks, professionals and senior managers (Prandy et al., 1982).

DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal

DEFINITION WRITER: Eleni Gaki

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SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική κατασκευή της πραγματικότητας / Social construction of reality

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική φαινομενολογία / Social phenomenology

APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2

TERM TYPE: Theoretical

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SOCIAL TERM: Αστική συσσώρευση / Urban agglomeration

DEFINITION (1): Urban agglomeration is a highly developed spatial form of integrated cities. It occurs when the relationships among cities shift from mainly competition to both competition and cooperation (Fund and Yu, 2017).

REFERENCE: Fund, C. and Yu, D. (2017). Urban agglomeration: An evolving concept of an emerging phenomenon. Landscape and Urban Planning, 162, p.p.126-136.

REFERENCE: Cui, G. (1992). Study on China’s Urban and Township Development. Chinese Construction Industry Press, Beijing.

DEFINITION (3): Urban agglomerations can be defined as contiguously built-up area, shaped by one core city or by several adjacent cities, sharing industry-, infrastructure- and housing-land use with high-density levels as well as embedded open spaces (Loibl et al., 2018).

REFERENCE: Loibl, W., Etminan, G., Gebetsroither-Geringer, E., Neumann, H.M. and Sanchez-Guzman, S. (2018). Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in Different Continents: History, Patterns, Dynamics, Drivers and Trends. Urban Agglomeration, IntechOpen.

SOCIAL TERM: Τρωτότητα / Vulnerability

DEFINITION (1): In everyday use of language, the term vulnerability refers to the inability to withstand the effects of a hostile environment (Ciurean et al., 2013).

REFERENCE: Ciurean, R. L., Schröter, D., and Glade, T. (2013). Conceptual Frameworks of Vulnerability Assessments for Natural Disasters Reduction. Tiefenbacher, J. Approaches to Disaster Management - Examining the Implications of Hazards, Emergencies and Disasters, 1. pp. 1-32.

DEFINITION (2): Vulnerability is the degree to which a system, or part of a system, may react adversely to the occurrence of a hazardous event. The degree and quality of that adverse reaction are partly conditioned by the system (Timmerman, 1981).

REFERENCE: Timmerman, P. (1981). Vulnerability, Resilience and the Collapse of Society. Environmental Monograph No. 1, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto.

SOCIAL TERM: Εργασία λευκού κολλάρου / White collar work

DEFINITION (1): The term white-collar work was used by Shirai in 1983 to describe the employees in the office, in contrast with the workers who were wearing a blue collar (Hope et al., 2009)

REFERENCE: Hope, W., Iravani, S. and Liu, F. (2009). Managing White-Collar Work: An Operations-Oriented Survey. Production and Operations Management, 18, 1, pp. 1–32.

DEFINITION (2): The term white collar work refers to those who do non-manual work. These workers are for example supervisors, clerks, professionals and senior managers (Prandy et al., 1982).

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SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική κατασκευή της πραγματικότητας / Social construction of reality

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική φαινομενολογία / Social phenomenology

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SOCIAL TERM: Αστική συσσώρευση / Urban agglomeration

DEFINITION (1): Urban agglomeration is a highly developed spatial form of integrated cities. It occurs when the relationships among cities shift from mainly competition to both competition and cooperation (Fund and Yu, 2017).

REFERENCE: Fund, C. and Yu, D. (2017). Urban agglomeration: An evolving concept of an emerging phenomenon. Landscape and Urban Planning, 162, p.p.126-136.

REFERENCE: Cui, G. (1992). Study on China’s Urban and Township Development. Chinese Construction Industry Press, Beijing.

DEFINITION (3): Urban agglomerations can be defined as contiguously built-up area, shaped by one core city or by several adjacent cities, sharing industry-, infrastructure- and housing-land use with high-density levels as well as embedded open spaces (Loibl et al., 2018).

REFERENCE: Loibl, W., Etminan, G., Gebetsroither-Geringer, E., Neumann, H.M. and Sanchez-Guzman, S. (2018). Characteristics of Urban Agglomerations in Different Continents: History, Patterns, Dynamics, Drivers and Trends. Urban Agglomeration, IntechOpen.

SOCIAL TERM: Τρωτότητα / Vulnerability

DEFINITION (1): In everyday use of language, the term vulnerability refers to the inability to withstand the effects of a hostile environment (Ciurean et al., 2013).

REFERENCE: Ciurean, R. L., Schröter, D., and Glade, T. (2013). Conceptual Frameworks of Vulnerability Assessments for Natural Disasters Reduction. Tiefenbacher, J. Approaches to Disaster Management - Examining the Implications of Hazards, Emergencies and Disasters, 1. pp. 1-32.

DEFINITION (2): Vulnerability is the degree to which a system, or part of a system, may react adversely to the occurrence of a hazardous event. The degree and quality of that adverse reaction are partly conditioned by the system (Timmerman, 1981).

REFERENCE: Timmerman, P. (1981). Vulnerability, Resilience and the Collapse of Society. Environmental Monograph No. 1, Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto.

SOCIAL TERM: Εργασία λευκού κολλάρου / White collar work

DEFINITION (1): The term white-collar work was used by Shirai in 1983 to describe the employees in the office, in contrast with the workers who were wearing a blue collar (Hope et al., 2009)

REFERENCE: Hope, W., Iravani, S. and Liu, F. (2009). Managing White-Collar Work: An Operations-Oriented Survey. Production and Operations Management, 18, 1, pp. 1–32.

DEFINITION (2): The term white collar work refers to those who do non-manual work. These workers are for example supervisors, clerks, professionals and senior managers (Prandy et al., 1982).

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SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική κατασκευή της πραγματικότητας / Social construction of reality

SOCIAL TERM: Κοινωνική φαινομενολογία / Social phenomenology

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