Local Government and Urbanization

Course Code:

ARE 453

Course Period:

Spring

Course Type:

Core

P:

3

Application:

0

Credits:

3

ECTS:

6

Course Language:

İngilizce

Course Objectives:

This course is designed to deal with the concepts and related issues of urbanization in terms of social, political, economic and environmental aspects. The course examines the political economy of urbanization at different scales and especially investigates the effects on the environment.

Course Content:

In this course, the historic city in the world and Turkey, the theoretical background of urbanization forming a part of the city and urbanization concept of public administration by considering the general principles and will be announced on value is based on the concepts and framework of urbanization problems in Turkey, slum housing, urbanization historical development, housing policy, principles and rules of urban and regional planning, briefly problematic aspects of urbanization and solution suggestions will be examined in detail.

Course Methodology:

1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion, 4:Simulation, 5: Case-study

Course Evaluation Methods:

A: Testing, B: Presentation, C: Homework, D: Project, E:Lab

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Course Learning Outcomes

Course Learning Outcomes	Program Learning Outcomes	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
Understanding the basic debates, concepts and issues of urbanization		1,2,3	A
To understand the relationships between social, economic and environmental systems on a global scale		1,2,3	A
To gain experience in evaluating environmental problems and solutions.		1,2,3	A
Analyze the material and design relationships.		1,2,3	A
To be able to apply interdisciplinary knowledge to urbanization and environmental problems.		1,2,3	A

Course Flow

COURSE CONTENT
Week	Topics	Study Materials
1.	The history of the cities	Lecture notes
2.	Urbanization- Definitions, Concepts, Topics	Lecture notes
3.	Urbanization Theories	Lecture notes
4.	Urbanization in Turkey	Lecture notes
5.	City Right	Lecture notes
6.	Global City	Lecture notes
7.	Environment in the City	Lecture notes
8.	Midterm
9.	Environment Status	Lecture notes
10.	Environmental policy	Lecture notes
11.	Environmental Movements	Lecture notes
12.	Global Environmental Issues	Lecture notes
13.	Climate Policy	Lecture notes
14.	Review
15.	Final

Recommended Sources

RECOMMENDED SOURCES

Lecture Book

Fikret Adaman& Murat Arsel (2005) Environmentalism in Turkey: Between Democracy and Development, Ashgate

Ruşen Keleş ( 2006) Kentleşme Politikası, İmge Kitabevi

Additional Resources

Material Sharing

MATERIAL SHARING
Documents	Çevre İhtilafları Atlası www.direncevre.org Environmental Performance Index http://epi.yale.edu
Assignments
Exams	Midterm, Final

Assessment

ASSESSMENT
IN-TERM STUDIES	NUMBER	PERCENTAGE
Mid-term		60
Quiz/Assignment		20
Term Assignment		20
Total		100
CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE		40
CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE		60
Total		100

Course’s Contribution to Program

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
No	Program Learning Outcomes	Contribution Level
No	Program Learning Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	Although it has the knowledge, discipline and responsibility to do independent work / project / research, it can prepare a comprehensive research and / or project report on the subject.			X
2	It can show that being effective in team and project studies, taking the necessary responsibility.				X
3	Can set goals and targets for Real Estate Development and Management Department and plan for them.		X
4	Thanks to the multi-disciplinary course content in the field of real estate, it can increase the ability to acquire, learning, and developing multidimensional information.	X
5	Having a critical point of view, it can contribute to the business in which it works by updating the information in the field of real estate and improving the importance of lifelong learning.	X
6	Considering the rapidly changing global dynamics, it can show that it understands the importance of flexible thinking and creative solutions to be successful in real estate.		X
7	Understand, follow, and interpret global dynamics in the Real Estate Development and Management Department; demonstrate that he has the knowledge of English to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing at the international institutional level.		X
8.	In national and international academic and professional settings, it can present and share its knowledge and experience in the fields of management, marketing, valuation, and investment, which are subgroups of the Department of Real Estate Development and Management, and share their knowledge with them.		X
9	Using analytical aspects in financial decisions in the Real Estate Development and Management Department, they can use field-specific research methods to solve problems, analyze, and research.	X
10	May have innovative thinking and a visionary perspective in the field of Real Estate Development.		X
11	Master the concepts of business ethics and social responsibility, evaluate the applications of these concepts, and show how important it is to act in accordance with these principles to add value to the business and society.		X
12	Students can evaluate, interpret, define problems, analyze data and produce solutions by evaluating the results with their theoretical, factual and research methods knowledge.		X
13	Can think critically about the institution, associate information in the field of human resources science with information from other fields, interpret it by integrating it, create new information, and show that it understands interdisciplinary interaction.			X
14	By mastering the legislation related to the real estate sector, it can have the necessary equipment and vision especially in the creation and execution of contracts.	X

ECTS

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION
Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course hours (Including exams week: 15xtotal lecture hour)	16	5	80
Study hours out of class (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Midterm	1	3	3
Homework	2	2	4
Final	1	3	3
Total Work Load			138
Total Work Load / 25 (h)			5,52
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

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