COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISASTER AREA MANAGEMENT AND RAPID DISASTER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

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

Offered By

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Distance Learning Non-thesis Master's Degree in Disaster Administration

Course Objective

The planning of area administration after disaster is an important subject. The works of environmental impact assessment (EIA) known in the international literature can be modeled by re-questioning for disasters. The works of efficient rapid EIA after disaster and making correct determinations will ensure a support that increases confidence to administration by transferring crucial strategic information to public administration and decreasing social tensions related to security. Stated recommended course aims to teach EIA analysis which is effective for avoiding disaster and the examples and the strategies of EIA after disaster analysis according to the security needs of community and the type of disaster.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the Area Administration
2   To know the strategic improvements underlying the importance of the subject of environmental protection and security at national and international level.
3   To know the theoric improvements about security at national and international level.
4   To be able to reach a level to understand the relations of risk reduction or prevention in overall Environmental Impact Assessment examples.
5   To gain skill to make a rapid Environmental Impact Assessment after disaster according to the types of disaster (avalanche, tsunami, earthquake, changes in temperatures etc.).

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Area Administration And Security And The Classification Of Threats In General
2 Environmental Protection And Using Balance - Threats Coming From Nature
3 Environmental Protection And Using Balance - Threats Coming From Human Activity -
4 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Preparing Process , Environmental Planning And The Principles For Avoiding Disasters
5 Strategical Planning-EIA Relations The Networks Of Sectors And Security
6 Avalanche, Flood, Mud and Environmental Impacts, Conservation Scenario
7 Earthquake, Tsunami, Volcanic Impacts, Conservation Scenario
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Types Of Disaster Examinations Of Impact Area, Dimensions Of Threat, Migrations
10 Types Of Disaster , Dimensions Of Threat, Terrorist Attacks.
11 Climate Change And Dimensions Of Threat, Rural And Urban Areas
12 Meteor Shower And Meteor Fall And EIA
13 Mountainous Areas And Types Of Disaster
14 Rapid EIA In Disasters, Theoretical Structure
15 Examples Of Rapid EIA In Disasters, International Examples
16 Final Exam

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 be anounced.

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

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

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 24 24
Preparation for final exam 1 24 24
Preparing report 1 36 36
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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