COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN GEOGRAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1124 URBAN GEOGRAPHY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at defining urbanization and urban growth; presenting the concepts and theory in urban geography with the circumstances under which they have developed; getting to comprehend urban structure and land use, interpreting various city samples in the context of urban geography and analysing the relationships between function and form in the city.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, the students are expected; 1. to learn what the urban geography means.
2   2. to list different concepts of urban geography.
3   3. to interpret urban structure and land use.
4   4. to analyze various city samples in the context of urban geography.
5   5. to unite social relations that determine the city geography.
6   6. to evaluate the component of the city in the context of urban planning.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1. The position of urban geography in geography discipline; urban geography studies.
2 2. Definitions of city, region and urban and city types (global city, capitalist city, modern city, post modern city etc.).
3 3. Definitions of city, region and urban and city types (global city, capitalist city, modern city, post modern city etc.).
4 4. Main factors affecting urbanization and urbanization in the world.
5 5. Functional classification of cities and urban functions.
6 6. Homework delivery + Functional classification of cities and urban functions.
7 7. Homework presentation + Gender equality and urban geography.
8 8. Homework presentation + Gender equality and urban geography.
9 9. Homework presentation + The social production of urban environment.
10 10. Homework presentation + The social production of urban environment.
11 11. Homework presentation + Settlement typologies; Staging of settlement centers.
12 12. Midterm
13 13. Settlement typologies; Staging of settlement centers.
14 14. Spatial analysis between urban geography and urban planning; Assessments.
15 Final examination.

Recomended or Required Reading

Göney, S. (2019). Şehir Coğrafyası 1. Beta Yayınları. Istanbul.
Göney, S. (2017). Şehir Coğrafyası 2. Beta Yayınları. Istanbul.
Uğur, A. ve Aliağaoğlu, A. (2018), Şehir Coğrafyası, Nobel, Ankara.
Hall, T. (2006), Urban Geography, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, Routledge.
Cadwallader, Martin, T. (2002), Urban Geography: An Analytical Approach, Prentice Hall, N.J.
Uğur, A. ve Aliağaoğlu, A. (2018), Şehir Coğrafyası, Nobel, Ankara.
Short, John R. (1994), An Introduction Urban Geography, Routledge, London.
Carter, H. (1975), The Study of Urban Geography, Edward Arnold, London.
Pacione, M. (2005), Urban Geography, Routledge, London.
Hartshorn, Truman A. (1992) Interpreting The City: An Urban Geography, John Wiley, New York.
Harvey, D. (2012), Sermayenin Mekanları, Sel Yayıncılık, Istanbul.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted as lectures and discussions.

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


Assessment Criteria

Listing, Description ans Analysis are evaluated by the Midterm Evaluation and homework Presentation. Unification, Interpretation and Evaluation are evaluated by the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is conducted as lectures and discussions.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 43

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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