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| SEH5031 | Ecology and Planning | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Second Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of URBAN and REGIONAL PLANNING | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Şeyda BÜLBÜL ARIOĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Understanding impacts of human activities and urban development on natural environment, especially to global climate change, introduce ecologically sensitive planning approach, discuss the mitigation and adoption measure. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | can use ecology-sensitive planning principles in the planning process.
| 1 - 4 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 2 : | At different scales of planning, can conduct an environmental impact assessment of the plan within the scope appropriate to the subject. | 1 - 4 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 3 : | Knows the possibilities and limitations of zoning legislation in terms of ecologically sensitive planning practice
| 1 - 4 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 4 : | Can prepare an action plan for environmental problems | 1 - 4 | 1,3,5, | | PO - 5 : | Can discuss their work in group settings and in front of an audience | 1 - 4 | 1,3,5, | | 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 | | |
| It includes the discussion of general ecological concepts, environmental philosophy, and sustainability, as well as the examination of ecological planning approaches and examples. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Basic concepts (environment, ecology, environmental right and evolution, sustainability etc)
| | | Week 2 | Urban ecology; Urban ecosystem | | | Week 3 | Limits of Earth; Global climate change; International meetings
| | | Week 4 | Environmental philosophy and environmental paradigms | | | Week 5 | Environmental movements
| | | Week 6 | Environmental policies - EU, Türkiye
| | | Week 7 | Where is planning stand in environmental policies? - Discussion on some applied projects | | | Week 8 | Discussion on some applied projects- Continue | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Ecological planning
| | | Week 11 | Homework presantions | | | Week 12 | Homework presantions | | | Week 13 | National and international organizations
| | | Week 14 | Environmental Law | | | Week 15 | Overall evaluation of the term
| | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Topçuoğlu, M., 1998, Çevre Hakkı ve Yargı, TÇV Yayını, Ankara | | | 2 | Naess, P., 1992, "Urban Development and Environmental Philosophy", UN Economic Commission fo Europe, Urban Ecology, 7th Conference on Urban and Regional Research, Ankara | | | 3 | Keleş, R., Hamamcı, C., 2009, Çevre Politikası, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları | | | 4 | Ndubisi, F., 2002, Ecological Planning, John Hopkins Univ. Pres. | | | 5 | Honachefsky, W. B., 2000, Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning, Lewis Pub | | | |
| 1 | Berkes, F., Kışlalı, M., 1990, Çevre ve Ekoloji, Remzi Kitabevi, İstanbul | | | 2 | Keleş, R., 2006, Çevre Etiği, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara | | | 3 | Sukopp, H., 1998, "Urban Ecology-Scientific and Practical Aspects", J.Breuste, H. Feldmann, O. Uhlmann (eds.) Urban Ecology, Springer-Verlag, s. 3-16 | | | 4 | URL 1, 2003, Urban Ecosystem Analysis: Identifying Tools and Methods, UNU/IAS Report, www.ias.unu.edu/binaries/UNUIAS_UrbanReport2.pdf | | | 5 | URL 2. Limits to Growth http://limitstogrowth.net/Essay.html | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 21/11/2025 | 2 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 11
12 | 05/12/2026
12/12/2025 | 3 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 09/01/2026 | 3 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 6 | 14 | 84 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 15 | 1 | 15 | | Arasınav | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Ödev | 20 | 3 | 60 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 18 | 1 | 18 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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