COURSE UNIT TITLE

: URBAN ECONOMICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 1322 URBAN ECONOMICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AHU DALGAKIRAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

This course aims at defining economic relations in urban areas, presenting spatial economic theories with the circumstances under which they have developed, getting to comprehend current approaches of land economics, interpreting the Turkish urban transformation model as a case of practice, and analysing the relationships between economy and urbanization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students, will be able to define economic relations (Knowledge),
2   will be able to list different spatial economic theories (Knowledge),
3   will be able to describe current approaches of land economics (Comprehension),
4   will be able to interprete the Turkish urban transformation model (Application),
5   will be able to relate economy to urbanization (Analysis).

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 Urban Economy Reading list will be given in this week.
2 Location Theory
3 External Economies
4 Regional Science, Reasons of Regional Disparities, New Economic Geography
5 Factors that Determine the Location of Activities
6 A Theory of the Urban Land Market
7 The Location of Economic Activity in Cities - Industry
8 Midterm Exam
9 The Location of Economic Activity in Cities - Housing and Trade
10 The Urban Hierarchy
11 City size , Structure and Growth
12 Urban Transformation, Econimc and Social Dimensions
13 A Theory of Filtering
14 Residential Segregation and Ghetto Poverty
15 Final Examination
16 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbooks:
Kılınçaslan, I. (2010), Kent Ekonomisi, Ninova, Istanbul.
Supplemantary Book:
Evans, A. W. (1993), Urban Economics, Blackwell, Oxford.
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures. Students will learn topics by attending and listening the lectures.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FINS FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FINS * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Defining, Listing (Knowledge) and Describing (Comprehension) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Interpreting (Application) and Relating (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Assessment Criteria

Defining, Listing (Knowledge) and Describing (Comprehension) will be measured by Midterm Examination
Interpreting (Application) and Relating (Analysis) will be measured by Final Examination.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahu.dalgakiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10.30-12.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture 13 2 26
Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Mid-term exam 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 50

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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