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Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
THEORETICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL BASIS OF LAND ADMINISTRATION 805010015070 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 Harun TANRIVERMİŞ
Assistants Md Moynul AHSAN
Monsurat Ayojımı SALAMI
Goals The course aims the students to gain the concepts of land and natural resources, public land administration institutions, institutional land governance, analysis of causes and results of organizational structure change from land administrations, comparative analysis of the model chosen from the theoretical and historically selected countries and Türkiye model.
Course Content Scope and content are, concepts of land and natural resources, land in economic systems, approaches of economic schools to land resources, supply and supply elasticity of land resources, land demand and resilience, characteristics of land market, definition and competence areas of land managementland-related ministries or local governments, civil and professional organizations, interactions of various regulatory activities of public and non-governmental actors and public and non- Reforms, budgetary constraints and the role of (geographical) information and communication technologies (ICTs) in land management, including mobile technologies and social media, public land administration institutions, corporate land governance, The analysis of the causes and consequences of organizational change in the region, the comparative analysis of the models selected from the theoretical and historically selected countries and Türkiye.
Learning Outcomes 1) Knows the concepts of land and natural resources.
2) Examines the analysis of the causes and consequences of organizational structure change in land administration.
3) Makes a theoretical and historical comparative analysis of selected countries and Türkiye's model.

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Concepts of soil, land and natural resources Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
2. Week Conceptual, legal and institutional development of land ownership and tenure system Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
3. Week Land and natural resources approach in economic systems, approach to land resources in economics schools Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
4. Week Land resources supply and its characteristics, land demand and its characteristics Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
5. Week Allocation of land for different uses and its economic analysis, economics of land ownership and use: land values, housing market, policymakers in land use and analysis of economic, natural (environmental), social, and legal factors affecting the land market Lecture
Brainstorming
Problem Based Learning
Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
6. Week Basic concepts regarding environment, ecology and land resources, economic aspects and effects of environmental protection and sustainable land resources management policies Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
7. Week Economic, social and environmental analyzes of land demand and land use types: characteristics and development of rural and urban land market Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
8. Week Definition and identification of institutions in charge of land management, their duties, and jurisdictions, broader land management environment in which multiple public entities operate Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
9. Week Interactions of non-governmental actors and various regulatory activities of formal and informal institutions Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
10. Week Public sector reform, budget constraints and the role of (geographical) information and communication technologies (ICTs) in land management, including mobile technologies and social media Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
11. Week Public land management institutions, corporate land governance Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
12. Week Analysis of causes and consequences of organizational change of land management Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
13. Week The comparative analysis of the models applied from the selected countries in aspects of historical and theoretical development of land administration in Turkey, analysis of the legal foundations within the framework of the Constitution, Civil Code, Cadastre Law and other regulations and comparative analysis of its administrative structure, determining the legal and institutional problems encountered in practice and discussing the solutions Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)
14. Week The comparative analysis of the models applied from the selected countries in aspects of historical and theoretical development of land administration in Turkey, analysis of the legal foundations within the framework of the Constitution, Civil Code, Cadastre Law and other regulations and comparative analysis of its administrative structure, determining the legal and institutional problems encountered in practice and discussing the solutions Lecture

Presentation (Including Preparation Time)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Çete, M., 2008. Türkiye İçin Bir Arazi İdare Sistemi Yaklaşımı, Doktora Tezi, Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Jeodezi ve Fotogrametri Mühendisliği, s.1-240, Trabzon.
FIG, 2002. Land Information Management for Sustainable Development of Cities – Best Practice Guidelines in City-wide Land Information Management, FIG Publication No 31, Copenhagen.
Ülger,N.E. ve Diğerleri, 2008. Alan Düzenleme Ana Esaslarını Belirleme Projesi, T.C. Bayındırlık ve İskan Bakanlığı TAUGM Yayınları, Ankara.

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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) 14 4
Homework 1 30
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 14
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 40
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