Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
INTRODUCTION TO URBAN PLANNING 805000005060 3 + 0 3.0 6.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Fahriye Nihan ÖZDEMİR SÖNMEZ
Assistants
Goals Introduction to basic city planning concepts, to develop an awareness about the Turkish planning system among the students who have different backgrounds.
Course Content Concepts of city, urban and urbanisation, historical development of cities, models of urban development, new approaches in planning-comprehensive planning, structural planning, new approaches in planning-strategic planning, ecological planning, new approaches in planning-globalisation, global city, governance, sustainability, physical structure of the cities-central business district, physical structure of the cities-housing areas, physical structure of the cities-industrial areas, physical structure of the cities-transportation network, physical structure of the cities-social and physical infrastructural areas, planning hierarchy and legal authority in planning, urban and rural land readjustment (based on 18th article of the Land Development Act, No. 3194) case studies, process analysis and evaluation in selected planning application examples, student project presentations and discussions.
Learning Outcomes 1) Gains the perception of the city that is the subject of urban planning.
2) Learns the basic concepts in the field of urban planning.
3) Defines the urban planning process.
4) Interprets the legal and administrative dimensions of urban planning practice in Turkey.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Concepts of city, urban and urbanisation Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Historical development of cities Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Models of urban development Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week New approaches in planning- comprehensive planning, structural planning Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week New approaches in planning- strategic planning, ecological planning Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week New approaches in planning- globalisation, global city, governance, sustainability Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Physical structure of the cities- central business district Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Physical structure of the cities- housing areas Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Physical structure of the cities- industrial areas Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Physical structure of the cities- transportation network Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Physical structure of the cities- social and physical infrastructural areas Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Planning hierarchy and legal authority in planning Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week Planning hierarchy and legal authority in planning, urban and rural land readjustment (based on 18th article of the Land Development Act, No. 3194) case studies Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week Process analysis and evaluation in selected planning application examples, student project presentations and discussions Discussion
Brainstorming
Brain Based Learning 		Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
• Anderson, L.T., 1995. Guidelines for Preparing Urban Plans, APA Planners Press, Chicago, Illinois, Washington D.C., USA.
• Anonymous. 1990. Goodchild, Planning and the modern/post-modern debate, Town Planning Review, Vol: 61(2): 119-137.
• Eke, F. ve Sat, A., 2010. Kent Planlamasına Giriş, A.Ü. Taşınmaz Geliştirme Anabilim Dalı Yayın No:4, Ankara.
• Fainstein, S., 1994, The City Builders: Property, Politics and Planning in London and New York, Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
• Garreau, J., 1991. Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, Doubleday, New York, USA.
• Giritlioğlu, C., 1991. Şehirsel Mekan Öğeleri ve Tasarımı, İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi Baskı Atölyesi, İstanbul.
• Göçer, O., 1979. Şehirciliğe Giriş, Denizkuşları Matbaası, Konya.
• Harris, C.D. and Ullman, E.L., 2002. Kentin Doğası, 20.Yüzyıl Kenti, İmge Yayınevi, Ankara.
• Keleş, R., 2004. Kentsel Dönüşümün Tüzel Altyapısı, Mimar-İst., İstanbul.
• Keleş, R., 2006. Kentleşme Politikası, 9. Baskı, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
• Keleş, R., Geray, C., Emre, C., ve Mengi, A.,1999. Kentsel Toprak Rantının Kamuya Kazandırılması, Türkkent, Ankara.
• Logan, J. and H. Molotch, 1987. Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place, University of California Press, Berkeley, USA.
• Mengi, A. ve Keleş, R., 2003. İmar Hukukuna Giriş, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
• Mengi, A., 2007. Kent ve Planlama, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
• Tekeli, İ., 1991. Kent Planlaması Konuşmaları, TMMOB Mimarlar Odası Yayını, Ankara.
• Tekeli, İ., 1998. Türkiye Cumhuriyet Döneminde Kentsel Gelişme ve Kent Planlaması, 75 Yılda Değişen Kent ve Mimarlık, Türkiye İş Bankası, İstanbul.
• Tekeli, İ., 2001. Modernite Aşılırken Kent Planlaması, İmge Kitabevi Yayınları, Ankara.
• Türksoy, H.C., 1996. İmar Affı mı?, Planlama, Ocak-Aralık, 1996/1-4, Sayı: 14, Ankara.
• Yavuz, F. ve Keleş R., 1974. Başkent Ankara İçin Elli Yıl Önce Çıkarılan 583 Sayılı Yasa Üzerinde TBMM’de Yapılan Görüşmeler, SBF Dergisi, Cilt: XXIX, No:3–4 (Eylül-Aralık):1–32, Ankara.

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3DK4
PY155555
PY255555
PY355555
PY455555
PY555555
PY653333
PY855555
PY933333
PY1133333
PY1244444

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
.

ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 3
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 12 3
Homework 1 6
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 4 3
Project (Including Preparation and presentation Time) 1 3
Practice (Teaching Practice, Music/Musical Instrument Practice , Statistics, Laboratory, Field Work, Clinic and Polyclinic Practice) 8 3
Midterm Exam 4 3
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 3
Final Exam 6 3
Time to prepare for Final Exam 7 3
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
Quick Access Hızlı Erişim Genişlet
Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload