COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR 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

Considering that a significant portion of the worlds population lives in cities, it can be argued that disasters pose major risks for urban areas and that their impacts are felt most severely in cities. Accordingly, how cities are planned against the impacts of disasters becomes a critical issue. Within this context, the course aims to address the impacts of disasters on cities, the integration of disaster management into the urban planning process, comprehensive hazard analysis, analyses and assessments related to measuring disaster risks, planning practices that can be implemented to create more resilient and resistant cities against disasters, as well as international and national disaster policies. In this way, students will be provided with the opportunity to understand, question, and interpret disasters with their various dimensions and risks, within the framework of their relationship with urban planning in the planning process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
- Kadıoğlu, M., Özdamar, E., (Ed.) (2008), Afet Zararlarını Azaltmanın Temel Ilkeleri, JICA Yayını, Ankara.
- Balamir, M., Afetler Politikasının Ana Ekseni: Kentsel Sakınım, 1. Türkiye Deprem Mühendisliği ve Sismoloji Konferansı, Ankara, (2011) pp:1-7
- Erdin H. E., Zengin Çelik H., Sılaydın Aydın M. B., Özcan N. S., Erdem, U., Afet yönetimi içerisinde kentsel mekan ihtiyacı ve kentsel arazi kullanımları , Disiplinlerarası Afet Yönetimi Araştırmaları, Editörler: Zerrin Toprak Karaman, Oğuz Sancakdar, Ilkim Kaya, Albi Yayınları, Izmir, 2017, s:255-272.
- Erdin H. E., Zengin Çelik H., Özcan N. S., Sılaydın Aydın M. B., "Kentlerdeki Afet Yönetimine Ilişkin Kurumsal Yapılanmanın Kent Planlama Süreci Içerisindeki Etkisinin ve Yerinin Irdelenmesi", Uluslararası Doğal Afet ve Afet Yönetimi Sempozyumu (DAAYS 16), Karabük, Mart 2016, Doğal Afet ve Afet Yönetimi Sempozyumu (DAAYS 16) Bildiriler Kitabı, s:632-637.
- Benson, C., (2004), Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters, Washington, DC, World Bank.
- Pelling, M., (2003), The vulnerability of cities: natural disasters and social resilience, Earthscan Publications.
- Sarewitz, D., Pielke, R.Jr., Keykhah, M. (2003), Vulnerability and Risk: Some Thoughts from Political and Policy Perspective. Risk Analysis, 23(4), p:805-810.
Supplementary Book(s):
- Erdem, U., Erdin H. E., Özcan N. S., Afet ve Acil Durumlarda Erişilebilirlik, 4. Uluslararası Deprem Mühendisliği ve Sismoloji Konferansı (UDMSK), 11-13 Ekim 2017, Eskişehir, UDMSK USB - Tam Metinler 3887-s:1-7.
- Özcan, N.S., Erdin H.E., Zengin, Ç.H., Sılaydın, A.M.B., Examination of Gathering Points Capacity Regarding Mobility and Accessibility: Case of Bayraklı District, The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-3/W4, 2018, 413-419.
- Zengin, Ç.H., Sılaydın, A.M.B., Özcan, N.S., Erdin H.E., Deprem Riskleri Bağlamında Toplanma Alanlarının Güvenlik Kriterleri Temelinde Değerlendirilmesi: Bayraklı (Izmir) Örneği. 2nd International Symposium on Natural Hazards and Disaster Management (ISHAD2018), 4-6 May 2018, Sakarya/Türkiye, 1-13.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course will be taught through lecture presentations and assigned readings, and students will learn from the lecture presentations and readings. In addition to the midterm exam, students will be required to prepare a paper during the semester. Furthermore, high-quality papers will be encouraged to present at an international conference or publish in a journal.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining, explaining and discussing will be measured by Midterm Examination.
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

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes