COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEOLIBERAL URBANIZATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4433 NEOLIBERAL URBANIZATION 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 EYLEM BAL

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

Neoliberalism does not only have an economic dimension, city and the urbanization processes are the other spheres with which neoliberalism has the closest relation. Similarly, in Turkey, the year 1980 is a radical startup in terms of neoliberal policies. However, integrated economic and politic developments experienced at the end of 1990s and during the first quarter of 2000s display that the years following 2000 designate a new breaking point. One of the most basic arguments of the course is that; 2000s correspond to a `neoliberal urbanization phase as a new urbanization process which is complementary to the post-1980 period in Turkey denominated as `early neoliberal urbanization phase . Many legal arrangements that held neoliberal traces and appeared on the agenda of zoning legislation on the basis of structural reforms, and the concrete spatial cases emerged in the city in the axis of neoliberal policies are among the basic elements that crystallize this differentiation in the urbanization process. Urban regeneration projects, large-scale urban projects, privatizations, gated communities, residences and shopping centers stand out as the concrete cases of neoliberal spatial structuring on which the city is reorganized, with the actors being the state and capital. This course focuses on the question of with which mechanisms and how the neoliberal policies transform the city and aims at displaying this reorganization of the city.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define basic characteristics of neoliberal policy,
2   .will be able to explain background and the components of neoliberal urbanization,
3   will be able to discuss reflections of neoliberal policies on Turkey throughout different periods,
4   will be able to associate neoliberal urbanization of Turkey in 2000 with legal regulations,
5   will be able to question the concrete examples of neoliberal urbanization in Turkey,
6   will be able to interprete how and by which mechanisms the neoliberal policies in 2000 transformed the city

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Nature of the neoliberalism
2 Historical philosophical origins of neoliberalism
3 Neoliberalism-city relationship
4 Neoliberal policies and Turkey
5 Early neoliberal urbanization period of Turkey
6 Urbanization of neoliberal period in Turkey
7 Urbanization of neoliberal period in Turkey
8 Midterm Examination
9 Urban transformation in neoliberal urbanization period
10 Big Scale Urban Projects in neoliberal urbanization period
11 Privatization in neoliberal urbanization period
12 Gated Communities in neoliberal urbanization period
13 Residences in neoliberal urbanization period
14 Shopping Centers in neoliberal urbanization period
15 Final Examination Week
16 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

-Brenner, N. & Theodore, N. (2002). Cities And The Geographies Of Actually Existing Neoliberalism. Antipode, Volume 34, (3), 349-379.
-Geniş, Ş. (2009). Neo-liberal kentleşmenin mekanda yansımaları: Istanbul da güvenlikli siteler. Toplum ve Bilim, (116), 121-156.
-Sassen, S. (1991). The global city; Newyork, London, Tokyo, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
-Taşan Kok, T. (2012). Introduction : Contradictions of neoliberal urban planning, The GeoJurnal Library, 102, 1-20.

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.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and explaining will be measured by Midterm Examination. Discussing, associating, questioning and using will be measured by Homework and Final Examination.

During 2020/2021 Fall Term, Homework Submission will be made in place of Midterm Exam and Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through discussions over lectures and readings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

eylem.bal@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 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

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