COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Public Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Public Administration

Course Objective

Waste, as well as being an important subject due to its disposal, is perceived as an economic value today. It has become an important input for the sustainable resource managament with appropriate technology and strategies though the enviromental risk it causes. Waste has been no longer in a manner that threatens the ecological systems with a wild and random disposal concept. In fact, it has served the more rational choice for using resources that strengthens economic infrastructures in accordance with sustainable development objectives with recycling, recovery and reuse methods. In this course, by questioning the social perception on waste, it is intended to give a modern perspective about an integrated waste management approach to decision makers, producers and waste disposal companies within the framework of the new waste managment theory and pratices shaped by rapid technological possibilities.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Alloway,B.J., Ayres, D.C.(1997); Chemical Principles of Environmental Pollution, Second Ed., Blackie
Academic&Professional, UK.
Alyanak, Ibrahim (1992); Tehlikeli ve Zararlı Atıkların Çevre Etkileri ve Yönetimi , Çevre Kirliliği ve
Kontrolü, II. Cilt, Editör: Zafer Ayvaz, Izmir.
Alyanak, Ibrahim (1994); Katı Atık Bertarafından Katı Atık Ekonomisine , Kıyı Sorunları ve Çevre
Sempozyumu (10-11 Kasım 1994), Kuşadası Belediyesi Yayınları No:7, Kuşadası
Gruppo Abele-Nomos Legambiente-GEPEC-EC (2003); The Illegal Traffıckıng In Hazardous Waste In Italy
And Spain-Final Report, Rome, pp.71.
Schmid, Jürgen, Esler, Andrea, Ströbel, Renate (2000); Dangerous Substances in Waste, Technical Report
No 38, EEA, Copenhagen, pp.8.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.

* To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.

* To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials

provided by the basic course book and other resources.

* To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.

* To support the course topics with sample event examinations.

* To analyze the given case studies.

* To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes