COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PLN 5015 RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENT AND POLLUTION 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

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERCAN EFE GÜNEY

Offered to

M.Sc. City and Regional Planning
City and Regional Planning (Non-Thesis)
City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

The aim of the course is to let students understand nature from the standpoint of civilization. The concepts related with resources, environment and pollution will be discussed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to list the elements that play role in the emergence of nature
2   to describe nature within cultural history
3   to interpret the period of civilization
4   to analyze the impact upon resources in various scales of physical planning
5   to integrate features of nature with urban modes of production and the mutual effects of one upon the other
6   to evaluate the importance of nature in formation of urban areas

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Main problems in approaching nature from standpoint of social-ideological settings within the cultural history; Western approach; fragmented view of world; active approach; creation of man-nature dichotomy
2 Eastern Approach; total world approach; mythological approach; passive approach; creation of man-nature harmony
3 Ecological Approach simultaneously . technological hygienic environmental consciousness . biological /ecological environmental consciousness
4 Concept of Commodity Concept of Resource
5 Relating Concepts of Commodity and Resource with Nature and natural elements Examination of Concepts of Commodity and Resource in terms of main approaches to nature
6 Discussions on the variability of the Resources concept Searches for new paradigms based on Resources and evaluation of a possible integration with all scales of physical planning
7 Relations with the Concept of Environment in economic, political and ideological grounds that make up the Social Formation
8 Perspectives for the Concept of Environment . Philosophy and the Concept of Environment . Ecology and the Concept of Environment . Basic Sciences and the Concept of Environment . Natural Sciences and the Concept of Environment . Medical Sciences and the Concept of Environment . Planning and the Concept of Environment . Architecture and the Concept of Environment
9 In-class presentations (Homework)
10 Environmental Problems and Social Systems . natural ecological basis . ecological cultural basis of environmental problems Environmental problems with reference to levels of development
11 Environmental Problems and Social Systems . economic conditions . regulations Environmental problems with reference to levels of development
12 Damages in quality of ecological natural factors Pollution of water, air and soil
13 Other problems Visual-aesthetic damages; noise Loss of natural element/area/space
14 In-class presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Supplementary Book(s): All publications of Foundation Turkey Environmental Problems
Materials: The others documents which are about resources, environment and pollution

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is conducted as lectures, discussions and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRS PRESENTATION
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRS * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRS * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Listing and describing activities are evaluated by Presentation. Analysis, Integration, Interpretation and Evaluation activities are evaluated by the Take Home which represents the Final Exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

mercan.efe@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 10:30-12:00, Friday 10:30:12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 5 35
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 2 8 16
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

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
LO.61

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