COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH AND ACTIVITY IN URBAN AREA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 3329 HEALTH AND ACTIVITY IN URBAN AREA 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 GÖZDE EKŞIOĞLU ÇETINTAHRA

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

In this course, it's aimed to examine the relation of social and individual health with urban area, within the scope of international and national literature and examples, and to discuss the impact of physical environment characteristics on active living.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to define health and healthy cities concepts within national and international literature.
2   to compare the policies and spatial arrangements of healthy cities of the world and Turkey.
3   to interpret the physical space qualities that promote social and individual health.
4   to analyse the active living requirements in urban area.
5   to evaluate the extent to which legal regulations support active life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 -Introduction, explaining the course intents and evaluation methods - Discussing the concepts of health and pandemic, transferring current data
2 - The relationship between social and individual health studies and urban planning
3 - What is the Healthy City Movement What are the conditions for being a healthy city
4 -Healthy urban planning principles
5 - Health policies and spatial practices in healthy cities with examples from the world and Turkey
6 - Active life and physical activity as a requirement of a healthy city - Physical activity and urban area requirements by gender, age and socio-demographic structure
7 Midterm
8 - Walking as a type of physical activity and its relationship with health Homework topics and study groups will be determined at this stage.
9 - Macro-scale physical environmental characteristics associated with physical activity and walking Identifying the cities to focus on for the student groups
10 - Micro-scale physical environmental characteristics associated with physical activity and walking Identifying the healthy city parameters to focus on for the students groups
11 -Legal spatial arrangements and plan decisions that promote active living in urban area Discussing the results and evaluations of the students groups
12 Assignment Review Discussing the final posters
13 Assignment Submission
14 Discussions on assignments
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Frank, L.D., Engelke, P.O. & Schmid, T.L. (2003). Health and Community Design. Island Press, Washington.
Ekşioğlu Çetintahra, G. (2015). Kentsel Alanda Fiziksel Çevrenin Çocukların Fiziksel Aktivitesi Üzerindeki Etkisi. DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Izmir.
Hardman, A.E. & Stensel, D.J. (2003). Physical Activity and Health: The Evidence Explained. Routledge, New York.
Edwards, P. ve Tsouros, A. (2006). Kentsel Çevrede Fiziksel Aktivite ve Aktif yaşamın Desteklenmesi: Yerel Yönetimlerin Rolü. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yayınları.
Edwards, P. ve Tsouros, A. (2010). Sağlıklı Bir Şehir Aktif Bir Şehirdir: Fiziksel Aktivite Planlama Rehberi. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yayınları.
World Health Organization, WHO. (1986). The Ottowa charter for health promotion. First International Conference on Health Promotion. Ottowa: World Health Organization Press.
World Health Organization, WHO. (2015). World health statistics 2015. Luxemburg: World Health Organization Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through conference presentations and literature readings. Besides midterm exam, students will be required to prepare homework in the semester.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS Arasınav
2 SN Sunum
3 YYS Yarıyılsonu Notu
4 BNS Başarı Notu AS * 0.20 + SN * 0.30 + YYS * 0.50
5 BUT Bütünleme Notu
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu AS * 0.20 + SN * 0.30 + BUT * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Midterm (%20) + Presentation/Assignment (%30) + Final Exam (%50) + RESIT

Assessment Criteria

Description and Comparison will be evaluated by the Midterm Evaluation.
Interpretation and Analysis will be evaluated by the Student Assignment.
Interpretation, Analysis, and Evaluation are evaluated by the Final Exam.

A midterm exam will be held throughout the semester and an assignment will be expected to be submitted. At assignment, student groups will be formed and a group work will be expected.
In the evaluation of homework presentation, it is obligatory for the student to present the homework on the specified dates. A student who does not make presentation his/her homework on the specified date will not be evaluated even if he/she has submitted his/her homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course has a method that can be described by conference presentations and readings. Students are expected to analyze and interpret the knowledge they have acquired through theoretical explanations over a city. During the semester, students will be asked to prepare an assignment based on group work.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gozde.eksioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 73

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.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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