COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF TOWN CENTRES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 2346 DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF TOWN CENTRES ELECTIVE 2 0 0 3

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 examining the planning strategies and urban design approaches used in the formation and redevelopment of vital and economically viable city centres with reference to city centre redevelopment projects implemented in different cities of western countries and making evaluations related to issues and concepts that carry significance in terms of enabling the viability of town centres.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, students will be able to define the historical development process of city centres,
2   will be able to summarize the planning approaches developed for city centres that enter into a process of change,
3   will be able to list the factors that provide opportunities for the redevelopment of city centres,
4   will be able to examine the principles used in the reshaping of space-land use composition and enabling the economic viability,
5   will be able to analyse the existing structure of the central area of a city determined within the context of their researches.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Historical development of town centres
2 Early planning approaches and urban renewal projects developed for the central areas
3 Factors that provide opportunities for the new city centre development
4 Fundamental principles use in the revitalization of city centres.
5 City centre design models
6 Strategies used in the redevelopment of city centres
7 Components of the central area. Determination of the contents of homework which will be prepared by the students.
8 Midterm Examination
9 Views from the central areas of European cities (Oxford and Reading-The United Kingdom)
10 Views from the central areas of several cities (Shanghai-China, Lodz-Poland)
11 Views from the central areas of European cities (Strasbourg-France, Barcelona-Spain)
12 Homework Presentation
13 Homework Presentation
14 Views from the central areas of European cities (Vien-Austria)
15 Final Examination Week
16 Final Examination Week

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Paumier, C.B. (1990). Designing The Successful Downtown, The Urban Land Institute, USA.
Supplementary Book(s): Thorns, D.C. (2004). The Transformation Of Cities: Urban Theory and Urban Life, Palgrave Macmillan, USA.
References: Ravenscroft, N. (2000). The Vitality and Viability of Town Centres. Urban Studies, 37 (13), 2533-2549.
Materials: Other readings related to the course

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through lectures aided by visual material and the students will learn topics by attending the lectures. Homework assignments will be prepared in accordance with the course content and presented individually by the students.

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

None

Assessment Criteria

Defining and Summarising will be measured by Midterm Examination.
Analysing will be measured by Homework Assignments/Presentation.
Listing and Explaining 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 and visual material.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahu.dalgakiran@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 11.30-12.15

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 11 2 22
Tutorials 2 2 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 2 4 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 16 16
Preparing presentations 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 65

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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