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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
PLN 4121	CITY PLANNING PROJECT V	COMPULSORY	4	8	0	16

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEDIHA BURCU SILAYDIN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course focuses on understanding and planning the concept of the city within the integrity of the region and the natural environment. For this purpose, the course includes studies on the planning of the urban and rural environment within the unity of the province / basin, within the framework of natural, historical, social, economic and spatial characteristics, by considering the balance of protection and use. At the same time, it is aimed to learn concepts related to upper scale planning such as urban growth control, water basin protection, disaster prevention and rural development balance, which gain importance within the framework of sustainability, by discussing them within the analysis and planning processes.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	1 will be able to define city/basin together with in its region (Knowledge),
2	2 will be able to tell city, basin and its region economic, social structure, ecological and historical values in historical period (Knowledge),
3	3 will be able to explain differences and tensions between urban and rural area (Comprehension),
4	4 will be able to interpret for solving the urban and regional problems using and the content and approach of existing planning practices (Application),
5	5 will be able to adapt the basic parameters of the planning approach in order to balance between industrial development and ecological / historical values for rural / urban development (Application),
6	6 will be able to plan of urban and regional systems with the alternative approaches (synthesis)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

PLN 3112 - CITY PLANNING PROJECT IV

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Collection of data about case study, establishment of project groups who will work on land
2	Collection data from relevant institutions and organizations about whole city; land use; meetings related with planning process about study area
3	Evaluation of data about study area, and obtaining analytic report
4	Evaluation of data about study area, and obtaining analytic report
5	Evaluation of data about study area, and obtaining analytic report
6	1st Midterm Examination (Jury)
7	Determination of spatial strategy groups and thematic frameworks for settlement, analysis studies
8	Determination of spatial strategy groups and thematic frameworks for settlement, analysis studies
9	Drawing high scale master plan schemes; Obtaining of general decisions
10	Drawing high scale master plan schemes; Obtaining of general decisions
11	Preparation upper scale development plans and reports about plans
12	2nd Midterm Examination (Jury)
13	Be revised high scale master plan and upper scale development plans; preparation of final reports about plans
14	Be revised high scale master plan and upper scale development plans; preparation of final reports about plans;
15	Final Jury

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Books:
Legislation relating to planning
References:
Other readings and case studies related to the basic concepts in the course content such as city, region, basin, rural area, nature protection, historical environment protection.
Courses with the other readings and similar case studies.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures, readings, field survey, research about examples, preparation of research reports and maps in the form of individual or group work, critiques of projects carried out in the form of individual or group work and preparation of project reports.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	COM 1	COMMITTEE 1
2	COM 2	COMMITTEE 2
3	COM	COMMITTEE
4	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	COM 1 * 0.30 + COM 2 * 0.30 + COM * 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

In order for students' work to be graded, they must be submitted in full and presented in the announced jury exams (intermediate juries and final juries). Studies not submitted by the student in the jury exams are not taken into consideration.

Assessment Criteria

Description (Knowledge) and Description (Knowledge) are measured by the 1st Interim Jury evaluation.
Clarification (Comprehension), Interpretation (Application) and Adaptation (Application) are measured by the 2nd Interim Jury evaluation.
Criticism (Analysis), Planning (Synthesis) are measured by the Final Jury.-

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The critiques given over individual and group projects and reports will form the basis of the course. It is important that students regularly attend project critiques. Participation status of the students in the critiques will also be considered and this participation in group work will be taken into consideration in order to determine the contribution of the students to the group work. Students are required to have a good command of case studies and legislation related to planning.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.silaydin@deu.edu.tr
irem.ayhan@deu.edu.tr
neslihan.karatas@deu.edu.tr
aysegul.altinors@@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)