COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LANDSCAPE PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3341 LANDSCAPE PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEDIHA BURCU SILAYDIN AYDIN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims the most efficient use of natural sources in accordance with the cultural demands and requirements in the longest period, recognition of landscape planning in the content of national physical planning for conversation of the natural/ecological balance of the national landscape, and examination of integration opportunities of landscape planning within the theoretical and institutional planning structure.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the natural ecosystems and natural cycles,
2   Recognize the factors that lead to ecological problems,
3   Recognize the importance of upper-scale approach to nature conservation,
4   Distinguish the importance of a holistic approach to nature protection,
5   Criticize the current planning system in the context of nature conservation,
6   Recognize the importance of landscape planning.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to landscape planning: Description and scope of the course and studies on the basic concepts of the course.
2 What are the general features of nature
3 Natural ecosystem, cultural ecosystem close to nature and cultural ecosystem
4 Anthropogenic environmental change stages depending on the social development.
5 Interpretations of nature in the birth of modernism
6 Relationship between nature-space and urban planning in industrialization and urbanization processes
7 MIDTERM EXAM
8 The city as an urban-industrial ecosystem, qualitative deterioration in ecological factors, general breakdown of environmental problems and the relationship of ecological problems with urbanization
9 Conceptual examination of environmental protection and nature protection approachesecological problems with urbanization
10 The concept of biological-ecological environmental protection and its relationship with planning, the concept of technological-hygienic environmental protection and its relationship with planning
11 Ecological planning methods
12 HOMEWORK
13 European Landscape Convention, National landscape values
14 Recreation planning and urban green space planning as sectoral planning
15 Final Examination Week
16 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

- Kışlalıoğlu, M. ve Berkes, F. (1993). Çevre ve Ekoloji. Çevre Sorunları Dizisi, Ankara.
- Odum, E.P. ve Barrett, G.W. (2008). Ekolojinin Temel Ilkeleri. Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara.
- Sılaydın, M.B. (2006). Şehir Planlamanın Paradigmal Sorgulanması ve Ekolojik Dengenin Korunması Bağlamında Yeni Bir Süreç Önerisi (Kuramsal Bir Deneme). yayınlanmamış doktora tezi. DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü, Şehircilik Anabilim Dalı, Izmir.
- TMMOB Peyzaj Mimarları Odası tarafından düzenlenen Peyzaj Mimarlığı Kongreleri bildiri kitapları.
- Türkiye Çevre Sorunları Vakfı nın Ekoloji ile ilgili yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is carried out by topic expressions, reading, classroom discussion, homework support, and discussions conducted with presentation of homework.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm exam will be received in the form of "Midterm Exam Paper" in 2020-2021 Fall Semester.

Assessment Criteria

Recognition is measured by Mid-term exam.
Recognition and Criticising are measured by homework.
Recognition, Distinction and Criticising are measured by Final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course proceeds with lectures, reading aids and class discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.silaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday: 15:00-16:45

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Presenting of Homework 1 2 2
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 4 4
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 84

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61