COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN NETWORK

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5118 URBAN NETWORK ELECTIVE 2 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HILMI EVREN ERDIN

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

Cities have a multi layers structure which consists of various urban network formations as natural, administrative, economic, social, cultural and physical. Each one of urban networks has specific characteristics and they are developed frame of having principles, rules and standards. Therefore this course aims to approaching some subjects that are relation of complex cities with regional and urban networks, various urban network formations and their characteristics, problems and solutions, relation of urban network with land use and city form, analysis in city planning and urban design process and design approach, strategy and standards basing on urban network. Consequently students have opportunity to sense and understand urban networks with different dimensions and to question and assessment urban networks within urban design and city planning process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Will be able to define regional and urban networks, formations and characteristics,
2   Will be able to explain problems and solutions of urban networks,
3   Will be able to discuss relation between urban networks with each other, land use and city form,
4   Will be able to question position of urban networks in city planning and urban design process with different points,
5   Will be able to evaluate alternative methods understanding urban networks,
6   Will be able to develop design approach, strategy and standards basing on urban networks in city planning and urban design process considering World and Turkey practices.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Complex Cities - Need of Cities and Urban network
2 Regional and urban networks and relation with city planning
3 Various urban network formations, relation with city form and urban network analysis This week homework subjects will be given to the students.
4 Natural networks
5 Transport networks
6 Transport networks
7 Infrastructure networks - water, sewerage, rain water drainage, telecommunication, electricity etc.
8 Infrastructure networks - water, sewerage, rain water drainage, telecommunication, electricity etc.
9 Midterm Examination
10 Social, cultural and economic networks
11 Social, cultural and economic networks
12 Homework/Submission/Presentations
13 Urban networks in city planning and urban design
14 Urban networks in city planning and urban design

Recomended or Required Reading

Brearley, J. & Qun, F., (2010), Networks Cities, China Architecture & Building Press.
Guy, S., Marvin, S. ve Moss, T. (2001). Urban infrastructure in transition: networks, buildings,plans. London: Earthscan Publications.
Erdin, H.E., (2009), Şehirsel Yerleşmelerde Teknik Altyapı Projelerinin Ortak Eşgüdümsel Niteliklerinin Belirlenmesi Örnek Alan: Tire Belediyesi / Izmir, DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Anabilim Dalı, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Izmir, 2009.
Kılınçaslan, T., Kentsel Ulaşım, Ninova Yayıncılık, Istanbul, 2012.
Philippe, B., (2009), Mathematical Analysis of Urban Spatial Networks, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Rainer, G. (1990). Understanding infrastructure. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and readings, the students will learn by listening the lectures and readings. Besides the midterm examination, students will be asked to prepare homework assignment.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, explaining and discussing will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Questioning, evaluating and developing will be measured by Homework and Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through discussions over lectures, homework practices and seminar discussion over homework and readings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

evren.erdin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 7 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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