CRP478 URBAN RESIDENTIAL TRANSFORMATION IN TÜRKİYE
| Course Code: | 1210478 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | City and Regional Planning |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. CEMİLE NİL UZUN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This is an elective course for third and fourth year (Urban Design and Urban Policy modules) undergraduate students in city and regional planning. The course aims to provide urban planning students with knowledge regarding urban residential patterns. Its main objective is to improve the students' qualifications in issues of urban residential structure and transformation. The course also aims to support the specialization of students on issues related to housing and residential structure with a special emphasis on Turkish examples.
Course Content
Perspectives on urban residential structure; The Chicago School and the Ecological Tradition, Neo-Classical Economic Models and the Behavioural Approach, Neo-Weberian Approaches and Urban Managerialism, Political Economy Approach , Humanist Approach, Sociological Approaches. Processes of residential differentiation; invasion-succession, segregation, filtering process, neighbourhood life cycle. Urban residential transformation; urban renewal and revitalization, urban redevelopment and regeneration. Urban residential structure and transformation in Turkey; urban growth and change in Turkey, urban housing and residential structure in Turkey, legislative background of urban residential transformation in Turkey, case studies.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will: develop an understanding of the reciprocal relations between residential transformation and urban space with a focus on Turkey learn the major historical antecedents of residential transformation and learn the key concepts; develop a curiosity to establish the relationship between the current urban form and redevelopment issues develop a curiosity to analyze residential transformation in Turkey; develop skills to: collect data about a selected project and link the knowledge accumulated by reading the literature and by lectures to interpret types of residential transformation
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