COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL ZONE PROJECTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CZM 5012 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL ZONE PROJECTS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR KEMAL CAN BIZSEL

Offered to

Course Objective

The course aims to provide comprehensive information and knowledge for students on the recent ideas and approaches on environmental impact assessment works in the coastal zones, with particular emphasis on project planning phase. It covers all dimensions of EIA in terms of ecological , economic, social and political aspects. A special weight will be given to the merits and provisions offered by marine sciences for the efforts of environmental impact assessment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   A perspective on the dynamics of coastal ecology
2   Human as an ecosystem component
3   The need and use of coastal zones
4   Understanding the concept of Driver-Pressure-State-Impacts-Response (DPSIR)
5   Pros and cons of planning an environmental impact assessment project
6   Political approach versus ecological approach

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Coastal Ecology I: Components and structure
2 Coastal Ecology I: Processes
3 Ecological role of Human and Coastal zones
4 Definition of DPSIR concept
5 DPSIR as a framework
6 Midterm
7 Methodologies in EIA I
8 Methodologies in EIA II
9 Planning an EIA project I
10 Planning an EIA project II
11 Meaning of the Stakeholders participation
12 Political approach versus ecological approach I
13 Political approach versus ecological approach II
14 Overall Review

Recomended or Required Reading

Donnelly, A., Dalal-Clayton, B. and Hughes, R. 1998. A Directory of Impact Assessment Guidelines. International Institute for Environment and Development, Russell Press, Nottingham, 211p, ISBN: 1 899825 11 8
Kristensen, P 2004. DPSIR Framework. European Topic Center on Water, European Environment Agency, 10p.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is composed of lectures and project preperation. The lectures comprises the most common methods as well as the theories and approaches behind them. The concept of integrated zone management forms the main core of the philosophy of the course. During the term, the students are also responsible to develop an EIA project on a coastal zone with given virtual specifications. The completed projects will be presented to the class for discussion at the end of the term.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRJ * 0.30 + MTE * 0.30 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparing projects 1 48 48
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 129

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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