CRP323 HOUSING, REINVESTMENT AND HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOUR
| Course Code: | 1210323 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 4.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. ÖZGÜL BURCU ÖZDEMİR SARI |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Reinvestment in existing housing stock and urban environments is a necessity to maintain housing and neighbourhood quality and to ensure resource efficiency. Understanding reinvestment processes and households’ reinvestment decisions is a crucial issue for urban decision makers and planners. In this context, the main objective of this course is to discuss why reinvestment processes and policies in existing housing stock and neighbourhoods are essential. The course also aims to provide students with an understanding of macro implications of households’ reinvestment behaviour and existing policy approaches to reinvestment processes.
Course Content
Reinvestment processes and households reinvestment decisions play a crucial role in the trajectory of nations housing stock and neighbourhoods, and in overall economy. In this context, the necessity of reinvestment processes and policies in existing housing stock and neighbourhoods, macro implications of households reinvestment behavior and existing policy approaches to reinvestment processes are discussed in this course.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students are expected to:
-recognize the peculiar nature of housing in relation to reinvestments,
-establish an understanding of housing supply and supply management issues,
-evaluate the macro implications of households’ reinvestment behaviour,
-identify aggregate effects of the individual decision making processes.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Knowledge and internalization of the concepts of social responsibility and public interest | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Giving priority to these concepts in planning and practice | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Commitment to professional ethics and values | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Capacity to independently carry out individual tasks and studies | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Ability to work as a responsible team member as well as a leader in team works | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Professional competency to carry out plans and projects with the utmost quality | ✔ | |||
| 7 | In the fields of planning and design: * Knowledge of planning theories * Ability to integrate theory and practice * Competency in problem definition, critical approach, and usage of analysis methods and techniques * Skills of inter-disciplinary and multi-dimensional thinking, analysis, synthesis, implementation, and development of alternative plans and design solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | In both Turkish and English: * Knowledge of professional terminology * Ability to carry out and present original studies * Skills of expressing oneself | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Lifelong learning skills and attributes | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Competency in process design and management | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution