COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KMY 5141 URBAN AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÖKHAN TENIKLER

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Settlement issues emerge as the main problem affecting the urban and rural habitats. In particular, housing problems that occur in the urban areas due to the concept of immigration causes an unhealthy urbanization. Urban transformation is an option that has been improved for the solution of this problem. Besides rural areas are at risk of deterioration as a result of the expansion of urban areas. In this course, settlement issues occuring in both rural and urban areas and transformation practices will be analyzed in a multi-dimensional way

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To obtain information about urban and rural transformation practices.
2   To analyze the actors in the process of urban and rural transformation.
3   To evaluate the guilding elements of the decision-making progress.
4   Strategies about urban policies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 General information about the content of the course and meeting
2 The concept of urban transformation and its dimensions
3 Transformation process in the World and Türkiye
4 Urban Poverty
5 The social dimensions of urban and rural transformation practices
6 Participation to the decisions taken in urban and rural transformation practises
7 Women, Children and Elders in urban transformation practises
8 Sustainable Cities
9 Urban and rural indicators of the quality of life
10 Urban planning and sustainabilty
11 Law on Transformation of Areas Under Disaster Risk
12 Urban and rural transformation practices of local governments
13 The new metropolitian model and its effect on urban areas
14 The new metropolitian model and its effect on urban areas

Recomended or Required Reading

Abacıoğlu, Muhittin-Abacıoğlu, Ali (2014) Açıklamalı (Sorulu ve Cevaplı) Kentsel Dönüşüm Kanunu ve Ilgili Mevzuat
Geray, Cevat (2011) Dünden Bugüne Kırsal Gelişme Politikaları, Phoneix Yayınevi.
http://www.ata.boun.edu.tr/htr/documents/312_7/Tarim/Aksit,Bahattin_Kirsal%20Donusum%20ve%20Koy%20Arastirmalari%20(1960-1980).pdf
http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media_upgrade/What_we_do/Topics/Agribusiness_and_rural/RURAL__web_.pdf.
Kiraz, Ali Güvenç (2014) A'dan Z'ye Kentsel Dönüşüm
Kentsel Dönüşüm ile Ilgili Pratik Bilgiler ve Dilekçeler, Beta Basım Yayım, Ankara.
Tekeli, Ilhan, Kent, (2014) Kentli Hakları, Kentleşme ve Kentsel Dönüşüm, Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, Ankara.
Yaman, Murat, (2015), Türkiyede Kentsel Dönüştürme Uygulamaları, Otorite Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 14 14
Preparing assignments 1 24 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 126

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.1545454
LO.2545454
LO.3545454
LO.4545454