COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECOLOGICAL PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5022 ECOLOGICAL PLANNING 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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to examine possibilities and limits of existing natural potentials to be regarded as the base of physical planning in the longest time period and to be assessed in an efficient manner for both theory and practice. Conservative and constructive measures will also be considered in their widest sense during the discussions, where the tension between ecology and economy will also be evaluated.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to list the strategies of economic growth and the existing condition of natural resources
2   to describe natural cycles in context of natural resources
3   to interpret the interaction between economic development and ecological balance
4   to analyze the impact of economic development upon urban space
5   to integrate the features of environmental conservation policies
6   to evaluate the importance integrating ecological planning with physical planning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Relationship between economic development and ecologic balance
2 Examination of natural cycles in context of Natural Resources concept
3 Economic growth strategies and the natural resources
4 Economic development ecologic balance interaction - Existing conditions - Future perspectives
5 Economic development ecologic balance interaction - Proposals for the future
6 Economic development ecologic balance interaction - Impacts upon urban space - Agglomeration of urban functions and related consequences in terms of ecologic balance and the inhabitants
7 Mid term exam
8 Policy of Environmental Conservation concept Emergence of the concept
9 Importance of environmental conservation concept in national and international scale
10 The binding international circumstances related to environmental conservation
11 Discussion on policies of national environmental conservation and related proposals
12 Mid-term exam
13 Integration of ecologic planning into physical planning: potentials and limits
14 Models on different scale and grounds for integration of ecological planning with physical planning

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Supplementary Book(s):
Efe, M. (2003). Sosyo-Ekonomik ve Ekolojik Temelli Bölgeleme: Olanak ve Sınırları . Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Izmir.
Ergin Ş., (1996), Ekolojik Denge Sorununda Ekolojik Bir Parametre, Karbon Bağlanması ve Mekâna Yansıtılması olanaklarının Araştırılması , Ekolojik Dengenin Korunması ve Sürdürülmesi Açısından Kentsel Sistemlerin Planlanması, Tübitak Projesi, Proje No: DEBAG/127 G.
All publications of Foundation Turkey Environmental Problems
Theses, researches, current articles.
References:
Materials: The others documents which are about resources, environment and pollution.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted as class discussion and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing and describing activities are evaluated by the Exam. Analysis, Integration, Interpretation and Evaluation activities are assessed by the Take Home which represents the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:30-12:00, Friday 10:30:12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 5 35
Preparation for midterm exam 2 12 24
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 8 8
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61