COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEW SETTLEMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5017 NEW SETTLEMENTS 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

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 PLN 5017 New Settlements is to cover initially the problems of urbanization and spatial planning in general and than to develop necessary back ground for the students to think about the future of urban areas. The process of such a study requires detailed analysis of potentials of an urbanized area and the region. Process of city planning is subject to discussions in comparison to structural planning and the concepts of basic regional planning approaches are also needed to be over viewed. The cases of worldwide examples of new settlements and the experiences in Turkish and European cities are taken as unique entity being subject to investigations and supplementary theoretical study will be carried for further investigations to provide the students with the ability to comprehend urban planning strategies and policies with a an emphasis to new ways of urban living.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define urbanization (Knowledge),
2   will be able to define policy making in urban planning (Knowledge),
3   will be able to describe spatial strategic planning problems (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interpret the problem of urban growth in implementation context (Application),
5   will be able to relate urban planning to urban sprawl Analysis).
6   will be able to propose a problem solving procedure (Synthesis),
7   will be able to revise the actual urban planning system (Evaluation).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Brief description of the course outline.
2 A Historical Approach. Garden City Movement. Urbanization and Urban Growth.
3 Definition of the metropolitan region and metropolitan city Subject of term paper
4 Definition of urban regions and regional growth. Urban sprawl. City size and rank size distribution.
5 Discussions on urbanization, centralization and de-centralization. Urban Growth, Land Use, Alternative Growth Models.
6 Emergence of New Towns and Settlements. Research for term paper
7 Delineating the metropolitan influence area. Problem of Urban Fringe. Social and economic structure in of urban areas. Management aspects.
8 Mid-term exam.
9 Utopia and Futurist Approaches.
10 Form and Structure of the Cities. Threshold Analysis.
11 Turkish cases.
12 European Cases.
13 Third World Countries.
14 Third World Countries.

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book:
A.G. Wilson. Urban and Regional Models in Geography and Planning. John Wiley & Sons London 1974.
Brian J.L. Berry, Frank E. Horton. Geographic Perspectives on Urban Systems, (with integrated readings) .
Ilhan Tekeli. Mekân Organizasyonlarına Makro Yaklaşım. Türkiye üzerine bir deneme. ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayın No 28 . Ankara 1979.
Materials:
Other readings related to the course.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through studio practices. Students will learn topics by attending and practising the planning studio. Planning problems will be given to students in the 1st Week and they will be asked to prepare their solutions on the problems given to them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +ASG * 0.10 +RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Listing (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Describing (Comprehension) and Interpreting (Application) will be measured by Project
Relating (Analysis), Proposing (Synthesis) and Revising (Evaluation) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through studio practices and discussions over planning problems.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yildirim.oral@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Wednesday 15.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 4 5 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 50 50
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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