COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONAL AND URBAN PLANNING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5074 INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONAL AND URBAN 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR HILMI EVREN ERDIN

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Urban infrastructure systems which are engineering applications and public services are one of the most important layers and networks of cities. In historical development process of cities, infrastructure has an important role at regional and urban development and creating healthy and liveable urban space. Therefore this course aims to approaching some subjects that are historical development of infrastructure system, types and characteristics of infrastructure, regional and urban network, environment and infrastructure problems, thresholds and regional and urban planning approach, the role of infrastructure in regional and urban development, infrastructure management and policy, infrastructure economy and infrastructure problems and planning practices in developed and developing countries. Consequently students have opportunity to sense infrastructure with different dimensions and to understand and question relation between city planning and infrastructure in planning process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define regional and urban impacts of urban network and infrastructure,
2   will be able to explain environment and infrastructure problems, thresholds and parameters determining its problems,
3   will be able to discuss impacts on regional and urban planning approach of problems and risks of infrastructure,
4   will be able to associate regional and urban development with infrastructure,
5   will be able to question position of infrastructure in city planning process with different points,
6   will be able to evaluate management, policy and economy of infrastructure in region and city,
7   will be able to develop planning strategy and approach basing on infrastructure in regional and urban planning process considering World and Türkiye infrastructure practices.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: Infrastructure, city and region.
2 Historical development of urban infrastructure.
3 Types, features and arrangement of urban infrastructure This week homework subjects will be given to the students.
4 Types, features and arrangement of urban infrastructure
5 Regional and urban networks - Sustainable region and city
6 Problems and thresholds of environment and infrastructure - Parameters determining characteristics of infrastructure services and projects
7 Determining infrastructure problems and risks and regional and city planning approaches
8 Midterm Examination
9 Infrastructure planning in creating healthy and liveable urban space - Relation between urban planning and urban infrastructure.
10 Roles of regional and urban infrastructure in development
11 Management and policy in regional and urban infrastructure
12 Homework/Submission/Presentations
13 Infrastructure economy, privatization and liberalisation
14 Planning and infrastructure problems in developed and developing countries
15 Planning and infrastructure problems in developed and developing countries

Recomended or Required Reading

Caminos, H. ve Goethert, R. (1978). Urbanization primer. Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rainer, G. (1990). Understanding infrastructure. Mississauga: John Wiley & Sons.
Erdin, H.E., (2009), Şehirsel Yerleşmelerde Teknik Altyapı Projelerinin Ortak Eşgüdümsel Niteliklerinin Belirlenmesi Örnek Alan: Tire Belediyesi / Izmir, DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Anabilim Dalı, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Izmir, 2009.
Aktan, C.C., Dileyici, D., Vural, I.Y., Altyapı Ekonomisi, Altyapı Hizmetlerinde Serbestleşme ve Özelleştirme, Seçkin Yayıncılık, Ankara, 2005.
Gökçen, T. (2006). Influence of urban geometry on public investment cost of urban technical infrastructure: A case study of sewer system in Aydın, Türkiye. IYTE Mimarlık Fakültesi Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Bölümü, Doktora Tezi, Izmir.
Kozlowski, J. (1986). Threshold approach in urban, regional and environmental planning: Theory and practice. St. Lucia and New York: University of Queensland Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures and readings, the students will learn by listening the lectures and readings. Besides the midterm examination, students will be asked to prepare homework assignment.

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 * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, explaining and discussing will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Associating, questioning, evaluating and developing will be measured by Homework and Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through discussions over lectures, homework practices and seminar discussion over homework and readings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

evren.erdin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 12.00-13.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 5 40
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Final Presentation 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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