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| ORM7390 | Environ. Impact. Assess. At Forest Roads | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Selçuk GÜMÜŞ | | Co-Lecturer | Non | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The course aims to provide the students with a general knowledge on forest road construction practices and their effects on forest areas and natural resources. With the environmentally friendly forest road construction students will able to plan the environmentally road planning and use modern techniques. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | definition of forest road construction practices and be able explain its effects on forest ecosistem. | 1,2,4 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | prepare environmentally friendly forest road planning and its application on forested areas. | 1,2,4 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 3 : | apply modern construction techniques in the forest road construction areas. | 1,3,7,9 | 1,3,5 | | PO - 4 : | prepare and present environmentally plan monitoring and controlling of project applications. | 5,9 | 5 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Determining of possible positive or negative impacts on environment of prepared forest road construction plans, prevent of negative impacts or reducing to minimum level which will not make damage on environment, the measures which will be take, determining and choosing of the place and technological alternatives, monitoring and controlling of project applications. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Forest roads, road planning and construction works | | | Week 2 | Environmental impact assesment and forestry applications | | | Week 3 | The effects of forest road construction on forest ecosystem | | | Week 4 | Digging methods at forest road construction | | | Week 5 | Soil digging works and environment components | | | Week 6 | Risc's of soil digging works | | | Week 7 | Indicators and definitions | | | Week 8 | EIA method for forest roads | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Data obtain for EIA | | | Week 11 | Mapping of soil, vegetation, atmospher, social and economical conditions, cultural heritage data | | | Week 12 | Desinging of assesment layer in GIS | | | Week 13 | Analysis of planned forest roads EIA results in digital database, quiz | | | Week 14 | Determining and selecting of the optimum forest roads according to EIA | | | Week 15 | Project presentation | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Erdaş, O., 1997; Orman Yolları I, KTÜ yayınları, No: 187, Trabzon | | | 2 | OGM, 2008; Orman yolları planlaması, yapımı ve bakımı, Orman Genel Müdürlüğü, Tebliğ No: 292, Ankara | | | |
| 1 | Türkiye Ormancılar Derneği, 1998; Çevresel Etki Değerlendirilmesi, SETA Matbaacılık, Ankara | | | 2 | Gümüş, S., 2003, Üretim, Milli Park ve Yangına Hassas Alanlarda Orman Yol Ağının Coğrafi Bilgi Sistemleri ile Planlanması, Basılmamış Doktora Tezi, KTÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Trabzon | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 15/11/2021 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 15 | 19/12/2021 | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 03/01/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 7 | 10 | 70 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 71 |
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