COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 4311 REGIONAL AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR SIBEL ECEMIŞ KILIÇ

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The course aims to discuss and evaluate issues and different planning and administration approaches of the metropolitan cities and regions. At the same time, it is aimed that transformation process of the metropolitan cities and regions and transformation of their planning and administration approaches is also discussed within the historical process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the this course, students will be able to describe the metropolitan cities and region,
2   to discuss the changes in approaches to regional development and regional planning,
3   to recognize the regional policies and studies of regional planning in Turkey
4   to recognize administration and planning approaches of metropolitan city in Turkey
5   to evaluate the importance of regional and metropolitan planning in the hierarchy of current planning.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts of region and metropolitan city
2 Relationships between regional planning, metropolitan planning and other plans
3 Regional development policies
4 Regional planning approaches
5 Relationships between regional institutionalization and planning
6 Regional planning approaches in Turkey
7 Evaluation of issues about regional development and planning
8 Mid-term exam
9 Social and economic structures of metropolitan areas
10 Legal, administrative and institutional aspects of metropolitan planning
11 Metropolitan planning process and its stages
12 Implementation problems of metropolitan planning and regional planning
13 Homework presentation
14 Homework presentation
15 Final Examination
16 Final Examination

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Ilhan Tekeli. Mekan Organizasyonlarına Makro Yaklaşım. Türkiye üzerine bir deneme. ODTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Yayın No 28 . Ankara 1979.
Ruşen Keleş. Yerinden Yönetim ve Siyaset. Cem Yayınevi Istanbul. 1992
Edgington, David W. Fernandez, Antonio L. Hoshino, Claudia. New Regional Development Paradigms Vol. 2 : New Regions - Concepts, Issues & Practices. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated. 2001
References:
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course has a method that can be described with conference presentations and readings.

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Description and discussion will be measured by mid-term examination.
Recognition will be measured by homework/presentation.
Evaluation will be measured by final exam.

Assessment Criteria

Description and discussion will be measured by mid-term examination.
Recognition will be measured by homework/presentation.
Evaluation will be measured by final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will ve given through lectures.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sezai.goksu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 10:30-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Homework presentation 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 1 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

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