Skip to main content

SKD 606 - Urbanization, Environmental Problems and Urban Transformation

Graduate Education Institute · Urbanism and Urban Transformation · Doctorate

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ayşıl COŞKUNER PAMUK

Course Objective

This course covers topics such as urbanization politics, urban planning, urban and architectural design, urban and natural environment, environmental problems, urban conservation and renewal, dimensions.

Course Content

The course will cover the dynamics of urbanization and socioeconomic change and theories that explain it, environmental problems and the implications of such phenomena as urban transformation, urban transformation and urban politics.

Required Resources

course notes

Recommended Resources

course notes

Explanations

mid term exam: %40

final exam: %60

Rules

attendance requirement 70%

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Students learn about environmental problems
  2. Student learns about urbanization policies in Turkey.
  3. Student learns about the urbanization process in Turkey
  4. Student learns about urban regeneration law in Turkey
  5. Student learns about the historical process of urban transformation in Turkey

Core Area Distribution

(58) Architecture and Building%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionSelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15345
Out of Class Study Period15345
Midterm12929
Quiz000
Assignment12626
Practice000
Final13535

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Urbanization definitionsUpdated Resources
2Historical processes of urbanizationUpdated Resources
3New residential areas in citiesUpdated Resources
4Suburbanization, GentrificationUpdated Resources
5Urban Transformation overview, definition, objectivesUpdated Resources
6Overview of Urban Transformation in the WorldUpdated Resources
7Practical development in the world in the historical process of Urban TransformationUpdated Resources
8Mid-Term ExamMid-Term Exam
9History of urban transformation in Turkey and understanding of urban transformation applicationsUpdated Resources
10Examples of successful urban regeneration projects in the world, examples from urban regeneration practices in TurkeyUpdated Resources
11Environmental problemsUpdated Resources
12Environmental problems in the worldUpdated Resources
13Environmental problems in TurkeyUpdated Resources
14Student Homework PresentationUpdated Resources
15Student Homework PresentationUpdated Resources
16Final ExamFinal Exam