Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / PM-304 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Code: PM-304 Course Title: RURAL LANDSCAPE PLANNING Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Spring Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer ESRA ÖZHANCI (eozhanci@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Transferring the basic principles of rural landscape planning to students, bringing an ecological perspective, emphasize the importance of the inter-disciplinary planning approach.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Explain the concepts of rural landscape planning and the relationship between ecologically planning and landscape planning PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-4 To have ability to recognize natural and exotic plant species and design them in terms of aesthetics, functional and ecological purposes
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-9 Ability to planning of rural and urban areas at different scales according to user needs, ecological, aesthetical and functional principles
PO-10 Be able to produce rational and practical solutions for conservation of the natural and cultural environment
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
LO-2 Get and relate social, cultural, natural data in rural landscape planning PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-4 To have ability to recognize natural and exotic plant species and design them in terms of aesthetics, functional and ecological purposes
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-9 Ability to planning of rural and urban areas at different scales according to user needs, ecological, aesthetical and functional principles
PO-10 Be able to produce rational and practical solutions for conservation of the natural and cultural environment
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Performance Project
LO-3 Notice the problems in the rural landscape, produce solutions in accordance with the principles of landscape planning PO-1 To be able to make landscape planning, design and application on the basis of sustainability using knowledge and skills related to basic design and planning in the field
PO-2 Having professional responsibility and ethical values
PO-4 To have ability to recognize natural and exotic plant species and design them in terms of aesthetics, functional and ecological purposes
PO-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-7 Being able to behave independently and have the ability to use initiative
PO-9 Ability to planning of rural and urban areas at different scales according to user needs, ecological, aesthetical and functional principles
PO-10 Be able to produce rational and practical solutions for conservation of the natural and cultural environment
PO-13 Ability to gain life-long learning consciousness
Examination
Performance Project
Term Paper
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
Rural landscape and rural landscape planning concepts, land use planning the problems of rural landscapes, solutions produces according to these problems, sustainable planning, ecological planning, collecting , analyzing and assess data for planning studies, landscape maintenance, repair and protection, Usage of GIS in planning
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Basic Concepts: the Rural Landscape, landscape mosaic, the landscape matrix, patches of landscape, landscape corridors, rural landscape classification, McHarg, Lewis, Hills et al. landscape planners had to develop a "planning approach", rural landscapes and structures Lecture, Question and Answer,
2 Land use and landscape change, land use planning, rural landscape issues (forest fires, open fields, erosion, mining) Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Sustainable planning, environmental impact assessment, visual evaluation, ecological analysis of natural resources (flora and fauna and analysis) Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Ecological risk analysis, SWOT analysis Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Practices in rural landscapes (forests, cultural, industrial landscapes, agricultural landscapes) Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
6 Rural landscape and protected areas, biodiversity, biotope mapping, rural landscape and wild life Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
7 Recreational landscape, recreational planning, ecotourism, eco-agriculture, social forestry, permaculture Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Natural landscape maintenance, repair and protection, the concept of participation, Delphi techniques, game theory, stakeholder analysis in planning DistanceLecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Planning of water resources, wetlands, coasts, rivers Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Highway landscape planning Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Efficient energy planning, energy transport and the environment, international examples Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 The relationship between rural landscape planning and physical planning and socio-economic planning, The legal and administrative structure of the landscape planning Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Remote sensing, GIS and use in planning Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 Landscape management and the European Landscape Convention, the human-designed landscapes Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 DİRİK, H., Kırsal Peyzaj Planlama ve Uygulama İlkeleri, İstanbul Üniversitesi Yayın No: 4559 Orman Fakültesi Yayın No: 486 ISBN: 975-404-749-9 , İstanbul
2 Mc. HARG, I.L., 1969. Design with Nature, The Natural History Press. Gard in City. New York.
3 HILL, L, 1979.,Landuse and Landscape Planning ISBN 0249441578, Scotland
Required Course instruments and materials
book and visual presentation

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation 12 2 10
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 50

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 2 14 28
Outside Class
       a) Reading 0
       b) Search in internet/Library 3 14 42
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 6 1 6
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 5 1 5
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 6 2 12
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 95