COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSES AND PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5056 ECOLOGICAL DISCOURSES AND PLANNING ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MEDIHA BURCU SILAYDIN

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

The first purpose of this course is to understand the nature conception of modernist-capitalist development approach which constitutes basis of economic development process that causes of destruction of ecological balance. Then, the ecological discourses, which are developed as reactions against this nature conception of modernism and the economic development process, are examined. The other purposes of this course is to establish the discipline of city planning and these ecological discourses and to determine and question impacts levels of the discources on city planning.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Recognize the nature conception of modernism,
2   Recognize different nature conservation approach forms of ecological discourses,
3   Relate the ecological discourses with city planning,
4   Question the nature conception of modernism and the opposite ecological discourses,
5   Question the city planning in the context of preservation of ecological balance at the paradigm level,
6   Evaluate the literature regarding ecological discourses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction. Modernism and Nature: The Emergence of Modernity and Nature Comments in the Process of Modernism - Doctrine of Aristoteles; - Conception of Nature in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance.
2 Modernism and Nature - Humanism; - Laicism; - Rationalism; - Positivism -Mechanistic Conception of nature
3 Modernist Production Value Form and Structure of Society - Capitalism and Nature: Meta Paradigm; - Fordist Production, Consumption Society and Nature; - Problem of Desturuction of Ecological Balance The Emergence of Ecological Discourses (General Framework).
4 Ecological Discourses 1: Deep Ecology
5 Ecological Discourses 2: Feminist Ecology (Ecofeminism)
6 Ecological Discourses 3: Social Ecology
7 Ecological Discourses 4: Radical Ecology
8 Mid-term exam (Mid-homework submission)
9 Ecological Discourses 5: Ecosocialism
10 Ecological Discourses 6: Sustainable Development
11 DISCUSSION: General Assessment of Ecological Discourses
12 Ecological Discourses and Planning - City Planning as a means of modernism; - Relation of City Planning and Nature; - Reflection of Ecological Discourse on the Planning: Possibilities and Limitations; - Sustainable Planning
13 DISCUSSION: Examination of the Problem of Destruction of Ecological Balance at the Paradigm Level
14 Seeking a New Paradigm: Resource Paradigm - Differences from Meta-Paradigm Seeking a New Paradigm: - Establish of Transition Ethichs to the Planning; -Ecological Planning.

Recomended or Required Reading

- Atıker, E. (1998). Modernizm ve kitle toplumu. Ankara: Vadi Yayınları.
- Beklan Çetin, O. (2005). Ekofeminizm: Kadın-Doğa Ilişkisi ve Ataerkillik. Sosyo Ekonomi. 2005-1.
- Bookchin, M. (1994). Özgürlüğün ekolojisi. (A. Türker, Çev). Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi 1991)
- Bookchin, M.(1996). Ekolojik bir topluma doğru. (4. Baskı).(A. Yılmaz, Çev.). Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
- Gorz, A. (1993). Kapitalizm, sosyalizm, ekoloji. (I. Ergüden, Çev.). Istanbul: Ayrıntı Yayınları.
- Merchant, C. (1992). Radical Ecology. Routledge, Cahapman & Hall Inc., New York.
- Naess, A.(1994). Derin ekolojinin temelleri. G. Tamkoç, (Ed.). Derin Ekoloji içinde (9-16), Izmir: Ege Yayıncılık.
- Vester, F. (1997). Ekolojinin anlamı. (A. Arıtan, Çev.). Istanbul: Arıtan Yayınevi.
- Wallerstein, I. (2002). Tarihsel kapitalizm (3. Baskı). (N. Alpay, Çev.). Istanbul: Metis Yayınları. (Orijinal çalışma basım tarihi 1983).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course is carried out by topic expressions, reading, classroom discussion, homework support, and discussions conducted with presentation of homework. Homework is seen as both the method of assessment and an important learning method of the course. Homework topics will be selected to support learning outcomes of the course.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

First draft of homework substitutes mid-term exam, and final paper of homework substitutes final.

Assessment Criteria

Recognation and Establish of Relation are measured by Mid-term exam.
Questioning and Evaluation are measured by homework.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

burcu.silaydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10.30-12.00; Tuesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparing Individual Homework (Midterm) 1 35 35
Preparing Individual Homework (Final) 1 60 60
Submission of homeworks 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 127

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61

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