COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD AND TURKEY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

Social Studies Education

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NEVZAT GÜMÜŞ

Offered to

Social Studies Education

Course Objective

Identifying the characteristics of them available in the metropolitan cities in the world and in Turkey.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will recognize urbanization and cities in Turkey and World
2   Students will understand urbanization process and the factors caused to urbanization in Turkey and World.
3   Students will distinguish the cities according to features.
4   Students will compare advantages and disadvantages arising from urbanization.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 City and urbanization Lectures
2 Effects of historical factors on existing of cities Lectures
3 Effects of industrialization, transportation and commercial to urbanization Lectures
4 Effecting factors to distribution of cities Effecting factors to distribution of cities Lectures
5 Regional and national important cities Lectures
6 Effecting factors on existing of cities in Turkey Lectures, group presentations
7 Effects of cities on social and cultural features Lectures, group presentations
8 Midterm exam
9 Effects of cities on economic activities Lectures, group presentations
10 Effects of cities on social and cultural features in Turkey Lectures, group presentations
11 Effects of cities on economic activities in Turkey Lectures, group presentations
12 The problems of cities in developed countries (due to emigration) Lectures
13 The problems of cities in developing countries and conclusion (due to internal migration) Lectures
14 Projections regarding the future of cities Lectures
15 Reflection

Recomended or Required Reading

ERDER Türker (1982). Kentsel Bütünleşme, Türkiye Gelişme Araştırmaları Vakfı Yayın No: 4, Ankara.
KARADAĞ Arife (2000).Kentsel Gelisim Süreci, Cevresel Etkileri ve Sorunlari ile Izmir, Ege Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Cografya Bölümü, Ege Koop. Yay. ISBN 975-97139-0-X, Izmir.
TEKELI Ilhan (2001). Modernite Aşılırken Kent Planlaması, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara.
TOPRAK KARAMAN Zerrin, Kent Yönetimi ve Politikası, Izmir, 2001
KUBAN Doğan, Türkiye de Kentsel Koruma, Tarih Vakfı-Yurt Yayınları, 2001
CENGIZ Hüseyin (Ed.) (1998). Metropoliten Alanlar Planlama Sorunları, I. Sempozyum Bildirileri, Yıldız Teknik Ünv. Basım-Yayın Merkezi, Istanbul.
TEKELI Ilhan, Modernite Aşılırken Kent Planlaması, Imge Yayınları, 2001
TÜMERTEKIN Erol (1997). Istanbul Insan ve Mekan, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Istanbul.
SOZER, Ahmet Necdet (1988), Izmir: Ege nin Metropolü , Ege Cog. Der., Sayi: 4, s. 1-18, Izmir.
KELEŞ Ruşen, Kentleşme Politikası, Imge Yayınları, 2004
KILIÇBAY Mehmet Ali, Şehirler ve Kentler, Imge Yayınları, 2002
DURU Bülent ve ALKAN Ayten (Ed. ve Çev.) 20. yy Kenti, , Imge Yayınları, 2002
BENEVOLO Leonardo (Çev. Nur NIRVEN), Avrupa tarihinde Kentler, Yeni Binyıl-Afa Yayınları, 1995
GÖRMEZ Kemal, Kent ve Siyaset, Gazi KItabevi, 1997, Ankara
SEY Yıldız (Ed.), 75 Yılda Değişen Kent ve Mimarlık, Işbankası Yayınları, 1998
IÇDUYGU Ahmet, SIRKECI Ibrahim ve AYDINGÜN Ismail (Ed.), Türkiye de Iç Göç, Konferanslar, Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı, 1998, Bolu Gerede
Collin Jean-Pier, Deganais Michèle and Poitras Claire, From City to City-Region: Historical Perspective on the Contentious Definations of the Montr al Metropolitan Area, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages 16-34, Summer 2003, ISBN 1188-3774.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Directed Readings, Problem Solving Classes.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Will be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

nevzat.gumus@deu.edu.tr , 02323012294

Office Hours

Monday, 11.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 10 10
Midterm 1 10 10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 174

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.11111
LO.22222
LO.33333
LO.44444

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