COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN URBAN CONSERVATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5088 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN URBAN CONSERVATION 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IREM AYHAN SELÇUK

Offered to

M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning
M.Sc. Urban Conservation Planning (Non-Thesis)

Course Objective

The main objective of this course is to introduce the students to the basic transport planning concepts and techniques in historically sensitive areas. All the subjects covered in the course will be explained through examples. At the end of the course, students will be highly familiar with the basic transport planning techniques applicable in historically sensitive urban areas.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the basic transport planning concepts and techniques applicable in historically sensitive urban areas.
2   Conceive the application areas of transport planning techniques applicable in historically sensitive urban areas.
3   Differentiate which transportation planning techniques are used in the historically sensitive urban areas.
4   Interpret the results derived from the transportation planning techniques are used in the historically sensitive urban areas.
5   Decide which transportation planning techniques to use under given assumptions to solve different urban problems in historically sensitive areas.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Urban conservation areas within the scope of national and international legislation
2 Conservation Development Plans and Transportation Master Plan Conceptual Framework
3 Transportation System Reviews in Conservation Development Plans
4 Urban Conservation Area Reviews in Transportation Master Plans
5 Comparative Examination of Transportation Problems and Transportation Problems in Conservation Areas within the Scope of Literature
6 Identifying Transportation Problems in Conservation Areas
7 Homework
8 Urban Conservation Areas and Transportation Systems in Turkey
9 Urban Conservation Areas and Transportation Systems in Turkey
10 Urban Conservation Areas and Transportation Systems in the World
11 Urban Conservation Areas and Transportation Systems in the World
12 Examining the Spatial Structure of Urban Conservation Areas That Experienced Disasters
13 Examining the Spatial Structure of Urban Conservation Areas That Experienced Disasters
14 Policy Recommendations to Reduce Disaster Risk in Urban Conservation Areas
15 Policy Recommendations to Reduce Disaster Risk in Urban Conservation Areas

Recomended or Required Reading

Boyer, K. D., Principles of Transportation Economics. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., Reading, Mass., 1997
Pindyck, R. S., and D. L. Rubinfeld, Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts, McGraw-Hill, 1991
Meyer, D. and E. J. Miller, Urban Transportation Planning, Second Edition, McGraw Hill, 2001
Gomez-Ibanez, J.A., Tye, W.B., and C. Winston, Essays in Transportation Economics and Policy, Brookings Institution Press, 1999

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion and Research Techniques

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Homework and presentation

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dokuz Eylul University, Tinaztepe Campus
School of Architecture
Department of City and Regional Planning
Room # z11
Buca/IZMIR 35160
irem.ayhan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursdays, 8:30-10:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Reading 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 13 4 52
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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