Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Urbanization and Environmental Policies SBKY303 5. Semester 3 + 0 3.0 5.0
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Face-to-face
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hicran HAMZA ÇELİKYAY
Instructors Hicran HAMZA ÇELİKYAY
Assistants
Goals Defining basic concepts related to urbanization and environmental problems; Explaining the development of urbanization and environmental problems in the world; The city in Turkey, explaining the historical background of urbanization and environmental issues and legislation; Discussion of the problems and solution suggestions related to the subject; It is the evaluation of what urban and environmental problems are and their emergence processes, and the examination and presentation of urban-environmental policies in this field.
Course Content In this course, environmental issues will be addressed from an economic, administrative, political and legal perspective. Content of the course is the definition of basic concepts related to urbanization and environmental problems, explanation of the development of urbanization and environmental problems in the world, the historical development of environmental issues, city and urbanization, explanation of legislation, identification of legal instruments for the solutions in Turkey.
Learning Outcomes - To be able to define concepts related to urbanization and environment
- To explain the development process of concepts related to policies
- In Turkey, the development of urbanization and environmental issues and to raise issues
- To develop recommendations related to urbanization and environmental problems in Turkey
- Defining global environmental problems and developing suggestions
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction
2. Week Conceptual framework: city, urbanization and urbanization policies (Definition of the City in Terms of Different Disciplines, Urban Theories, Feudal City-Industrializing City-Industrial City)
3. Week The Concept of Urbanization (Conceptual Definition of Urbanization, Reasons of Urbanization, Dimensions of Urbanization)
4. Week Urbanization Processes in the World (Cities in the 19th century, Cities after World War II, Cities in the Globalization Process)
5. Week Urbanization and Urbanization Policies in Turkey
6. Week Housing Concept (Definition and Types of Housing), Housing Policy (Housing Policy in Turkey Actors Playing Role in Housing Production Process, Housing Development Policies)
7. Week Unlawful urbanization (slum) Policy (Definition of slums, Characteristics, slum housing and Turkey, Squatters and Politics)
8. Week Environment, environmental problem, environmental pollution terminology
9. Week Chronological development of environmental problems, Urban and Environment
10. Week Causes of Environmental Problems: 1 System Problem 2. Production and Consumption relationship 3. Economy
11. Week Reason and the Emergence of Environmental Problems in Turkey (Modernity Distorted Urbanization and Industry)
12. Week Global Environmental Problems and Solution Seeking
13. Week Climate Policy
14. Week General Evaluation
Recommended Sources
2007 - Harvey David, Sosyal Adalet ve Şehir, Metis Yay Ankara 2012 - Mumford L., Tarih Boyunca Kent Weber Max, Şehir: Modern Kentin Oluşumu, Bakış Yay. İlhan Tekeli ( 2011) Kent Kentli Hakları Kentleşme ve Kentsel Dönüşü , Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları. David Harvey, The Right To The City, https://davidharvey.org/media/righttothecity.pdf Çağlar Keyder (2000) İstanbul: Yerel ile küresel arasında, Metis Şahin, Yusuf. 2019. Kentleşme Politikası. Bursa: Ekin Yayınevi, 8. Baskı Keleş, Ruşen. 2018. Kentleşme Politikası. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi , Keleş, Ruşen, Can Hamamcı, Aykut Çoban, (2018), Çevre Politikası, Ank.: İmge Kitabevi Alkan Ayten, Duru Bülent, 20. Yüzyıl Kenti, 2002 1982, Ankara, s.23-54 Keleş Ruşen, Kent ve Kültür Üzerine, Mülkiye Dergisi, C: XXIX, Sa:246 İstanbul (2007) Özden Pelin Pınar, “Kentsel Yenileme Uygulamalarında Yerel Yönetimlerin Rolü Üzerine Düşünceler ve İstanbul Örneği
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 Measurement Method
PY1 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY2 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY3 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY4 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY5 5 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY6 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY7 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
PY8 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Hours 14 3 42
Preparation, After Class Study 13.5 1 13.5
Research 14 1 14
Other Activities 14 1 14
Midterm 1 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
Classroom Activities 14 3 42
Total Workload 127.5
ECTS Credit of the Course 5.0