COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GENTRIFICATION OF HISTORICAL URBAN AREAS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CON 5072 GENTRIFICATION OF HISTORICAL URBAN AREAS 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

Offered to

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

Course Objective

Social profile of historical urban areas started to change and began to be occupied by the elite groups. Historical urban areas was preferred by the intellectually groups due to privileged spatial features as well as its accessibility and location advantages. After 2000, especially Galata, Pera, Fener, Balat and Kuzguncuk in Istanbul this process came to be seen and after that it was seen in other cities. Also the fringe of metropolitan cities began to change called "rural gentrification". In this course, original and authentic spatial characteristics of historic urban areas are changed by gentrification process will discuss under the neoliberal urbanization strategies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   will be able to define the spatial and social structure of the historical areas (Knowledge),
2   will be able to explain the reasons of social change in historical areas (Comprehension),
3   will be able to interpret expectations of the capital accumulation process about the historical areas (Application)
4   will be able to illustrate experiences of gentrification in the historical areas (Application)
5   will be able to question the gentrification as one of the neo-liberal strategies of urbanization (Analysis)
6   will be able to develop protective policies of social structure in the historical areas (Synthesis)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Gentrification in The Name Of Smart Growth Reading list will be given in this week.
2 New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy Homework topics will be handed out in this week.
3 Gentrification: Culture and Capital in the Urban Core
4 Quantitative and Spatial Analysis Techniques for Analyzing Gentrification Patterns
5 Gentrification and Displacement
6 Gentrification: Is It Possible to Avoid It
7 Midterm Examination
8 1st Phase of Gentrification: Gentrification by Intellectual Groups
9 1st Phase of Gentrification Examples in Istanbul: Gentrification in Fener-Balat
10 1st Phase of Gentrification Examples in Istanbul: Gentrification in Galata-Pera and Asmalimescit
11 2nd Phase of Gentrification: Gentrification by State
12 2nd Phases of Gentrification Examples in Istanbul: Gentrification in Sulukule
13 2nd Phases of Gentrification Examples in Istanbul: Gentrification in Tarlabasi Students will be required to submit their homeworks
14 Rural Gentrification and the Production of Nature

Recomended or Required Reading

Bridge, G. (2006) ``It is not just a question of taste: Gentrification, the neighborhood, and cultural capital , Environment and Planning A, pp.1965-1978
Bridge G. (2007) ``A Global Gentrifier Class , Environment and Planning A, volume 9 pp.32-46 Butler, T. (2002) "Thinking Global but Acting Local: the Middle Classes in the City", Sociological Research Online, vol. 7, no. 3.
Harvey, D. (1990) The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change: Blackwell: MA: Cambridge.
Sassen, S (1991), The Global City, Princeton University Press, Princeton.
Sassen, S (1998) Globalization and its discontents. Essays on the New Mobility of People and Money New Press: New York.
Savage, M., Bagnall, G. Longhurst B. (2005) Globalization and Belonging, Sage Pub., London.
Smith, N. (2002)" New Globalism, New Urbanism: Gentrification as Global Urban Strategy", Antipode, Volume 34 Issue 3, pp. 427 450.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures. Homeworks will be given to students in 2nd Week and they will be asked to prepare their homeworks on the subjects given to them.

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 * 0.30 +ASG * 0.20 +FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 0.50

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining (Knowledge) and explaining (Comprehension) will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Interpreting (Application) and illustrating (Application) will be measured by Homework.
Questioning (Analysis) and developing (Synthesis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through lectures and discussions over reading list.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

emel.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00; Thursday 14.30-16.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

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
LO.61

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