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| SEHL7253 | Regional Planning and Integrated Basin Management | 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 Berna Sezen ÖZEN | | Co-Lecturer | Related lecturar department of Urban and Regional Planning | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | Regional Planning and approaches; The River basin history and types; sustainability in regional plannind and the River basin; The River Basin as a unit of planning and management, The impact of urban and regional characteristics on basins; River basin development plants and management: socioeconomical characteristics, land use, pollution sources, characteristics of pollution, water quality, legal and administrative issues; Cooperation and public participation for watershed development and integrated River Basin management; Examples of national and international practice. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | relate the concept of river basin to regional planning concepts in the context of ecology and sustainability. | 2 - 5 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | identify the problems encountered in the river basins. | 2 - 5 | 1,5, | | PO - 3 : | produce solution suggestions by evaluating the existing river basin planning experiences in the world and Turkey. | 2 - 5 | 1,5, | | PO - 4 : | describe what the resources of the problem in the river basin entire and solutions of these. | 2 - 5 | 1,5, | | PO - 5 : | will be able to define actions and actors within the context of the process by understanding the need for integrated river basin planning and management. | 2 - 5 | 1,5, | | 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 | | |
| Evaluation of planning approachs of regional planning and river basin planning, that take place in planning hierarchy, and techniques used in river basin management. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course, its purpose and information about related readings and resources | | | Week 2 | The concept of region, regional planning and approaches, the importance and requirement of regional planning | | | Week 3 | The concepts of ecology and sustainability and their relationship with the river basin. | | | Week 4 | Basin definition, basin database, determination of basin boundaries, definition of basin analyses. | | | Week 5 | Problems experienced in basins within the framework of Climate Change, the effects of urban and regional characteristics on basins, water quality, pollutant sources, etc. | | | Week 6 | Republic Day | | | Week 7 | Technical trip | | | Week 8 | River basin planning and management in the world. | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | River basin planning and management in Turkey, legal and administrative framework in the basin context. | | | Week 11 | Current river basin planning experiences in Turkey, river basin protection action plans in Turkey | | | Week 12 | Integrated river basin management and its necessity, principles that can guide basin planning, actors and stakeholders in basins, integrated river basin planning process | | | Week 13 | Term Paper Presentations | | | Week 14 | Term Paper Presentations | | | Week 15 | General assessment and discussions. | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Pegram, G., Yuanyuan, L., Le Quesne, T., Speed, R., Jianqiang, L., & Fuxin, S. (2013). River basin planning principles: Procedures and approaches for strategic basin planning. Asian Development Bank, GIWP, UNESCO, and WWF-UK. | | | 2 | Kemper, K. E., Blomquist, W. A. & Dinar A. (2007). Integrated River Basin Management through Decentralization. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. | | | 3 | Garipağaoğlu, N. (2017). Bölge planlama ve Türkiye'de mekânsal planlama yaklaşımları. Yeditepe Yayınevi. | | | |
| 1 | Taneri, E. (1986) Bölge Planlama, Yıldız Üniversitesi Yayınları Sayı: 186, İstanbul. | | | 2 | Ildırar, M. (2004) Bölgesel Kalkınma ve Gelişme Stratejileri, 1. Baskı, Nobel Yayın No: 714, Ankara. | | | 3 | Loucks, D. P., & Van Beek, E. (2017). Water resource systems planning and management: An introduction to methods, models, and applications. Springer. | | | 4 | Sonoda, T. (2009). Introduction to IWRM Guidelines at River Basin Level. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 19/11/2025 | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 13
14 | 17/12/2025
24/12/2025 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 07/01/2026 | 2 | 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 | 9 | 14 | 126 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 7 | 14 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Ödev | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 4 | 12 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Total work load | | | 201 |
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