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 Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
3 Sustainable planning, environmental impact assessment, visual evaluation, ecological analysis of natural resources (flora and fauna and analysis) Natural landscape and important natural landscape forms Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
4 Natural landscape and important natural landscape forms Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
5 Protected areas-Categories-Area types 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 Cultural landscape and important cultural landscape forms Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
8 mid-term exam
9 Destruction due to human activities in natural and rural areas DistanceLecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
10 Rural landscape planning methods Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
11 Rural landscape planning methods Survey and analysis of natural resources Survey and analysis of cultural resources Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
12 Current land uses and ecological classification Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
13 Planning approaches to rural landscape problems Forests, agroforestry, improvement of agricultural landscape, improvement of industrial landscape Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
14 Planning of recreational landscape and rural recreation resources Lecture, Question and Answer, Discussion
15 Planning of road 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
4 Kırsal rekreasyon alan planlaması Türker Altan
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
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 2 60

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