COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN HOUSING POLICY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
URD 5053 URBAN HOUSING POLICY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Urban Design
M.Sc. Urban Design

Course Objective

This course focuses on study of housing policy and its implementation. The effects of different housing policies on urban housing supply and the effects on the social and physical form of the cities will be handled and discussed. The emphasis will be on the Turkish experience.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to explain the objectives of different housing policies,
2   will be able to interpret the housing policies applied in Türkiye,
3   will be able to interpret the spatial reflections of policies,
4   will be able to analyze the success of the practice,
5   will be able to propose a comprehensive housing policy framework.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Specific characteristics of housing (housing as shelter, as a market commodity, as a social service, as an object of public policy)
2 Housing problem and housing policy
3 Tools of housing policy, social housing policy
4 Housing policies in their social, economic and political contexts
5 The interaction between market processes and government interventions
6 Evaluating of factors affecting policies and implementation
7 The evolution of housing policy in Türkiye
8 Midterm examination
9 Housing policies and their effects on the housing provision
10 Analyzing case studies
11 Analyzing case studies
12 Homework presentations
13 Homework presentations
14 Discussion on future actions about housing policy in Türkiye

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s):
-Malpass,P. and A. Murie(1982): Housing Policy and Practice, The Macmillan Press Ltd., London.
-Grigsby, William G. and L.Rosenburg (1975): Urban Housing Policy, APS Publications, Inc., New York.
-Davis, Sam (1995): The Architecture of Affordable Housing, University of California Press.
-Koç, Hülya (1995) :Konut Politikaları - Uygulamalar / EVKA Örneği - Izmir, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi Araştırma Raporları Yayın No: MIMF-AR 03-095, Izmir.
-Türkiye Ekonomik ve Toplumsal Tarih Vakfı (1996): Tarihten Günümüze Anadolu da Konut ve Yerleşme, Istanbul.
-Pulat, Gülçin (1992): Dar Gelirlilerin Konut Sorunu ve Soruna Sosyal Içerikli Mekansal Çözüm Arayışları, Volkan Yayıncılık, Ankara.
-Keleş, Ruşen (2006):Kentleşme Politikası, 9.Baskı, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara.
References: Web sources will be used.
Materials: Written and visual materials.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 2nd Week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + PRS * 0.10 + RST * 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Explaning (Knowledge) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Interpreting (Application) and Analyzing (Analysis) will be measured by Homework
Proposing (Synthesis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hulya.koc@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 9.30-10.30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Homework presentations 2 2 4
Preparing homework 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 5 50
Preparing presentation 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 165

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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