CRP486 URBAN REGENERATION:STRATEGIES, POLICIES ORG.&DESIGN
| Course Code: | 1210486 |
| 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. ZÜBEYDE MÜGE AKKAR ERCAN |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to help students gain a rapid overview of the enormous span of urban regeneration issues and activities and to offer them a guide to urban regeneration that is comprehensive, accessible and practical. The objectives of the course are therefore:
i) to introduce the origins, challenges and purposes of urban regeneration, and bring the more detailed discussions that urban regeneration contains into the class;
ii) to introduce basic notions and dimensions of urban regeneration, such as partnership, strategy and the lessons that may be gained from the case studies;
iii) to provide students with an introduction to the basic themes and topics that are fundamental to an understanding of the urban regeneration process;
iv) to introduce students to the issues that govern the ways in which urban regeneration proceeds and how it is organized;
v) to offer the experience of urban regeneration in the world and Turkey;
vi) to distil the significant lessons from the past and present experience of urban regeneration to identify the future role of and prospects for urban regeneration in Turkish cities.
Course Content
Evolution, definition and purpose of urban regeneration. Strategy and partnership in urban regeneration. economic regeneration and funding. Physical and environmental aspects. Social and community issues. Employment, education and training. Housing issues. Legal and institutional aspects, and organizational and management bases of urban regeneration. Experiences in Europe, North America and Turkey.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will:
- be familiar with the origins, challenges and purposes of urban regeneration,
- be able to comment on the basic themes and topics of urban regeneration,
- learn in-depth the related-topic they choose, examine, make oral and written presentations,
- be familiar with the experience of urban regeneration in the world and Turkey
- be able to draw the major lessons from the past and present experience of urban regeneration in order to identify the future role, and prospects for urban regeneration in Turkish cities.
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