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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ERA 3005 URBAN GEOGRAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR EMINE IPEK ÖZBEK

Offered to

Architecture City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The goal of this course is to introduce students the relevant theories of urban grography and to explain urban structural change and address to its conceptualizations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define different terminology relative to urban geography 2   2.Explain the framework of urban change 3   Define different theoretical approaches to urban geography.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 1.Introduction of: New Cities and Geographies 2 2.Different Types of Cities; Geographical Characteristics of the Industrial City; Post Industrial Cities 3 3.Different Approaches in Urban Geography; The Evolution of Urban Geography 4 4.Economic problems of the city: De industrialization,migration 5 5.New Urban Economies 6 6.New Economic Geographies of the City 7 7.Urban Policy and the Changing City 8 8.Urban Change and Emergent Urban Forms: Transformation of the City 9 9.Mid Term Exam 10 10.The City Center and Inner Areas 11 11.Transforming the Image of the City: Marketing Cities 12 12.Suburban develeopments and change 13 13.New Geographies of Old Cities: The Global City, The Sustainable Ciy, The Edge City, The Creative City, The Electronic City, The Competitive City 14 14.Presention of the Assignments 15 15.Presention of the Assignments 16 16. Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hall, T. Urban Geography, Routledge, London Bourne, L.1982, Internal Structure of the City, Readings on Urban Form, Growth and Policy,Oxford Harvey, D. 1989, The Condition of Postmodernity, Blackwell, Oxford Soja, E. 1989, Postmodern Geographies, Verso, London

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be held by conferences, seminars and readings.

Assessment Methods

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ipek.sonmez@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Office Hours: Tuesday 10.00-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Tutorials 13 2 26 Student Presentations 2 4 8 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 36

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 PO.15 PO.16 PO.17 LO.1 1 1 LO.2 1 LO.3 1 1