COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4311 REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SIBEL ECEMIŞ KILIÇ

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The course aims to discuss and evaluate issues and different planning and administration approaches of the metropolitan cities and regions. At the same time, it is aimed that transformation process of the metropolitan cities and regions and transformation of their planning and administration approaches is also discussed within the historical process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the this course, students will be able to describe the metropolitan cities and region,
2   to discuss the changes in approaches to regional development and regional planning,
3   to recognize the regional policies and studies of regional planning in Turkey
4   to recognize administration and planning approaches of metropolitan city in Turkey
5   to evaluate the importance of regional and metropolitan planning in the hierarchy of current planning.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of region, determination of region boundaries, types of regions defined in urban planning
2 Regional Planning approaches
3 Transformation process in regional policies and regional planning approach in the world
4 Transformation process in regional policies and regional planning approach in Turkey
5 Regional planning studies in Turkey before 2000
6 Regional planning studies in Turkey after 2000
7 Current approaches in regional development and regional planning
8 Metropolitan planning in legal, administrative and institutional terms
9 Metropolitan city planning process and its stages
10 Legal, administrative and institutional aspects of metropolitan planning
11 Metropolitan planning process and its stages
12 Midterm exam
13 Evaluation: Planning and implementation problems in the regional and metropolitan area
14 Evaluation: The Place of Regional and Metropolitan Planning in the Planning Hierarchy
15 Final Examination
16 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Ilhan Tekeli. Mekan Organizasyonlarına Makro Yaklaşım. Türkiye üzerine bir deneme. ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayın No 28 . Ankara 1979.
Ruşen Keleş. Yerinden Yönetim ve Siyaset. Cem Yayınevi Istanbul. 1992
Edgington, David W. Fernandez, Antonio L. Hoshino, Claudia. New Regional Development Paradigms Vol. 2 : New Regions - Concepts, Issues & Practices. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated. 2001
References:
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course has a method that can be described with conference presentations and readings.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Description, discussion and recognition will be measured by mid-term examination.
Evaluation will be measured by final exam.

Assessment Criteria

Description, discussion and recognition will be measured by mid-term examination.
Evaluation will be measured by final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will ve given through lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sibel.ecemis@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Homework presentation 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 0 0 0
Preparing presentations 0 0 0
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 71

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.21
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LO.41
LO.51

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