COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FORMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THEIR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 7006 FORMS OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THEIR STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 6

Offered By

DISASTER ADMINISTRATION, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

DISASTER ADMINISTRATION, NON-THESIS (Evening)

Course Objective

Course Objective: It is highlighted that programs developed from local to national level and considered the future and development goals are evaluated in the new improvements in public administration rather than spurring of the moment. Site selection options of an investment are convenient or not within environmental conditions are significant. In this course, security needs of public, effective Strategically Environmental Assessments preventing many forms of disasters and Environmental Impact Assessments are examined in the scope of public and private sector. And effectiveness of the legal arrangements on Strategic Environmental Assessment.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be able to learn strategically improvements which provide international importance for environmental protection and security issues.
2   Be able to recognize later developments in social security at the international level
3   Be able to understand risk mitigation and prevention relation in the scope of Strategically Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment samples.
4   Be able to do strategic modelling and reach to a level which can transfer these modellings to protector action plans(avalanches, tsunamis, earthquakes, temperature changes, etc)

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 A General Overview of the Course and Introduction Public security and threats classification
2 Environmental protection and using balance_Threats from nature_Strategical environmental assessments
3 Environmental protection and using balance _Threats from human activity- Strategical environmental assessments
4 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Preparing process , Environmental planning
5 Strategical Planning-EIA relations Sectors and security
6 Avalanche, Flood, Mud, and Environmental Impacts, Conservation scenario
7 Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic Impacts, Conservation scenario
8 Types of Disaster Threat , Dimensions of Threats , Airlines and Railways Security-EIA
9 Dimensions of Threats, Dams Security__EIA
10 Threat of Climate Change and sizes, Rural and Urban Areas and Security mechanism_EIA
11 Meteor shower and meteor fall and Security _EIA
12 Mountainous areas and types of disaster
13 Integrated coastal administration_Security codes and Reports
14 General Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Zerrin Toprak (2012); Çevre Yönetimi ve Politikası, Birleşik Yayınları.
Hasan Ertürk (2009), Çevre Bilimlerine Giriş, Bursa
Kentleşme Şurası (2008), related boks.
National and International Documents.
EIA and SEA reports

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

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

To be announced.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof.Dr.Zerrin Toprak Karaman

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 140

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.14
LO.234
LO.333
LO.4444344

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