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The Relationships between Living Conditions and Life Satisfaction of Elderly People in Istanbul

Berkoz, Lale - 2014

The rate of the elderly population increases rapidly throughout the world. The growth rate of the elderly population in the world is 2.1%, whereas the overall population growth rate is over 1.2 % (Mandiraoglu, 2010). The elderly population rate in the United States varies between 15% and 20 %....

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The Integration of Elderly and Disabled People into Urban and Social Life: A New Model for Konya/Turkey-YEBAM

Meshur, H.Filiz Alkan; Alkan, Ahmet - 2014

The process of demographic change occurring around the world is also reflected in Turkey. The elderly population and thus, the number of people who are in need of care, will increase in Turkey in the future. Furthermore, approximately 13% of Turkey's population consists of disabled people. This...

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Health Literacy Improvement and Use of Digital Health Services in Aged People: A Systematic Literature Review

Zolbin, Maedeh Ghorbanian; Nikou, Shahrokh - 2021

The low level of health literacy skills often found in elderly people has been associated with a significant risk of poor access to health services and poor health status and makes it more likely that they will be prevented from obtaining and understanding the basic health information and...

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A THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH OF 'FRAGILE' AREAS: THE CASES OF GREEK REGIONS CROSSED BY THE EGNATIA ROAD

Duquenne, Marie-Noelle; Hadjou, Lamara - 2010

study area, the northern region of Greece which has recently benefited from a great highway infrastructure (Via Egnatia), we … of northern Greece. The use of factor analysis methods and classification confer us the possibility to make a typology of …

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Regional Economic Convergence in Greece: A Stochastic Dominance Approach

Liontakis, Angelos; Papadas, Christos T.; Tzouramani, Irene - 2010

Traditionally, the analysis of regional economic convergence is based on the notions of β-convergence and σ-convergence. However, both of these approaches have several drawbacks and limitations. To overcome these difficulties, we apply a more recent non-parametric approach in the convergence...

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TERRITORIAL UNITS¢ COMPETITIVENESS: A SELF-RELIANT CONCEPT OR A DERIVATIVE CONCEPT OF FIRMS¢ COMPETITION?

Kapitsinis, Nikolaos; Metaxas, Theodore; Duquenne, … - 2011

context the cases of Greece and Dubai present remarkable interest regarding their behaviour after their bad economic …

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Greek economic crisis and its impact on regional development and policy

Saratsis, Yiannis; Kotios, Angelos; Galanos, George - 2012

was given to all countries, including Greece of course, in order to accelerate the development dynamics in Europe …

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International and Cross Border Entrepreneurship: The Case of Greece and Bulgaria

Katsikis, Ioannis; Fragidis, Garyfallos; Paschaloudis, … - 2012

Although neighboring countries and both members of the EU, Greece and Bulgaria have very different social and economic … in Greece. …

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Cross Border Collaboration: A Network Analysis of the Bilateral Collaborative Projects in the Case of Greece and Bulgaria

Katsikis, Ioannis; Fragidis, Garyfallos; Paschaloudis, … - 2012

Although neighboring countries and both members of the EU, Greece and Bulgaria have very different social and economic … and social cohesion and development between the organizations of Greece and Bulgaria is only minimal. In this empirical … the European Territorial Cooperation Program Greece-Bulgaria 2007-2013, (Interreg IV). Interreg IV is an EU initiative …

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City marketing: Development plan for the municipality of Heraklion, Crete

Metaxas, Theodore; Deffner, Ale; Chalkiadaki, Marigianna - 2013

Nowadays at a time which is characterized by the globalization and the economic crisis, the cities seek new ways to become competitive by demonstrating their comparative advantages. The competitiveness of the city however, cannot be enhanced only via spatial planning regulation. For that...

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