COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH AND ACTIVITY IN URBAN AREA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ELECTIVE

Offered By

City and Regional Planning

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÖZDE EKŞIOĞLU ÇETINTAHRA

Offered to

City and Regional Planning

Course Objective

In this course, it's aimed to examine the relation of social and individual health with urban area, within the scope of international and national literature and examples, and to discuss the impact of physical environment characteristics on active living.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to define health and healthy cities concepts within national and international literature.
2   to compare the policies and spatial arrangements of healthy cities of the world and Turkey.
3   to interpret the physical space qualities that promote social and individual health.
4   to analyse the active living requirements in urban area.
5   to evaluate the extent to which legal regulations support active life.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 - Introduction, explaning the course content, process and evaluation methods - Discussing the concepts of health and pandemics, submitting up-to-date data
2 - What is health What is the relation between social and individual health research and urban planning
3 - What is Healthy Cities What are the requirements for being a healthy city
4 - Health policies and healthy cities from the world
5 - Health policies and healthy cities from Turkey
6 - Active living and physical activity as requirements of a healthy city Assignment topics will be determined at this stage
7 - Physical activity and urban area requirements by gender, age,and socio-demographic determinants
8 Midterm Assignment presentation and submission
9 Evaluating assignments
10 Walking as a type of physical activity and the importance in terms of health
11 Relation between walking and transportation systems and land-use
12 Relation between walking and urban forms
13 Relation between walking and micro scale urban design
14 Legal spatial arrangements and plan decisions that promote active living in urban area Discussion of final paper submission topics
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Frank, L.D., Engelke, P.O. & Schmid, T.L. (2003). Health and Community Design. Island Press, Washington.
Ekşioğlu Çetintahra, G. (2015). Kentsel Alanda Fiziksel Çevrenin Çocukların Fiziksel Aktivitesi Üzerindeki Etkisi. DEÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Yayınlanmamış Doktora Tezi, Izmir.
Hardman, A.E. & Stensel, D.J. (2003). Physical Activity and Health: The Evidence Explained. Routledge, New York.
Edwards, P. ve Tsouros, A. (2006). Kentsel Çevrede Fiziksel Aktivite ve Aktif yaşamın Desteklenmesi: Yerel Yönetimlerin Rolü. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yayınları.
Edwards, P. ve Tsouros, A. (2010). Sağlıklı Bir Şehir Aktif Bir Şehirdir: Fiziksel Aktivite Planlama Rehberi. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü Yayınları.
World Health Organization, WHO. (1986). The Ottowa charter for health promotion. First International Conference on Health Promotion. Ottowa: World Health Organization Press.
World Health Organization, WHO. (2015). World health statistics 2015. Luxemburg: World Health Organization Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

This course will be given through conference presentations and literature readings. During the semester, students are expected to evaluate a selected city in terms of healthy city criteria by designing an assignment in which they can relate theoretical statements.

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Description and Comparison are evaluated by the Midterm (Assignment Presentation) Evaluation. Interpretation, Analysis, and Evaluation are evaluated by the Final Exam (Assignment/Raport Submission).

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

This course will be given through conference presentations and literature readings.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gozde.eksioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Wednesday 08.30-10.20

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 7 2 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 73

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.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

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