COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGEMENT OF MOUNTAINOUS AREAS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5066 MANAGEMENT OF MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Mountainous areas which are one of the important geographical units has been used more and more in terms of value they have. Mounatinous areas require special politics not only for this aspect but also for the human factors. At the same time, for countries like Turkey, 2/3 of whose territories is mountainous areas, the evaluation of the potential of mountainous areas n the principle of sustainable development is important for the facilty utilization of future generations. It is aimed to give place the decisionf of the Council of Europe, Carpathia and Alps in the perspective of the Draft European Charter of Mountain Regions and aslo other territory practices in the course.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   TO know the concepts of Mountain and Mountain Administration
2   To comprehend the Draft European Charter of Mountain Regions and its applicabilty
3   To evaluate sustainable Mountain Development and global administrative and climatic improvement
4   To know practices of Mountainous Area Administration in the World and Turkey
5   To understand applicable models of Mountainous Area Administration to be able to examiine in a comparative way.
6   To know the threats affecting Mountain Administration

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concepts of Mountain and Mountainous Areas
2 Sustainability and Sustainable Administration of Mountainous Areas
3 The philosphy of Mountainous Areas in the Council of Europe and Application Tools
4 The Draft Euroepan Charter of Mountain Regions adn Effects of Terrorism
5 Global Attention to Mountainous Areas
6 Mountainous Areas Applications in Carpathia and Alps
7 Institutional Structure of Mountainous Areas in Turkey
8 Midterm Exam
9 Mountainous Areas in National and International Legislation
10 Mountainous Areas adn Climate Change in National and regional development plans
11 The position of Local Governments in the management of mountainous areas in Turkey
12 The scenery of the administration of mountainous areas in Turkey, Reasons of Inefficiency in Mountain Administration
13 Sustainability in mountainous areas and Sample of Yunt Mountain Project
14 Transboundary Mountains and Relations between institutions, Models, SWAT analysis.
15 Transition to Moundatinous Area Administration and Evaluations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hulusi Eldem (2013), Dağlık Alan Yönetiminde Sürdürülebilirlik: Yunt Dağı Örneği, Zinde Yayıncılık, (DEÜ, SBE Yüksek Lisans tezi, danışman Prof.Dr.Zerrin Toprak)
Zerrin Toprak ((2004) Avrupa Dağlık Bölgeler Şartı Taslağı, Yerel ve Bölgesel Yönetimler Kongresi Anlaşmalarında Avrupa Konseyi, Ed. Zerrin Toprak, Hikmet Yavaş, Mustafa Görün, Izmir,
Zerrin Toprak (2012) Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Izmir, Albi yayınları
Gönençgil Barbaros, (2009) Küresel Degradasyon sürecinde dağlar ve Dağ Alanları Yönetimi, Istanbul, Çantay yayıncılık
Ed. D.B.A. Thompson, M.F. Price ve C. A. Galbraith, 2005, Mountains of Northern Europe, Conservation, Management, People and Nature, Edinburgh
Orman Bakanlığı, 2002, Türkiye Dağları 1. Ulusal Sempozyumu Bildiriler, Ilgaz Dağı,,Orman Bakanlığı Yayını
Yakup Özkaya(2014), Avrupa Konseyinde Stratejik Dağ Yönetişimi Modeli, Türkiye Için Bir Yaklaşım, DEU, SBE, Yayınlanmamış Yüksek Lisans Tezi (Danışman Prof.Dr.Zerrin Toprak)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

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

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zerrin.toprak@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 120

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.14
LO.23
LO.34
LO.45
LO.5
LO.6