Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Course Catalogue

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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / PM-421 - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Code: PM-421 Course Title: TOURISM AND RECREATIONAL AREA PLANNING Theoretical+Practice: 2+0 ECTS: 3
Year/Semester of Study 4 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Optional
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
It is aimed to reveal economic, social, cultural and ecological features that determine the concept of tourism which has a significant impacts on the environement. In this context, the sustainability of the resources is provided by the assistance of tools and methods with qualitative and quantitative indicators. Secondly, by examining the interaction of tourism and recreation with culture and the natural environment in Turkey and in the world enlighten students about the current tourism policies

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 can view the concepts of recreation and tourism within a philosophical concept 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-3 To be able to interdisciplinary team work
PO-10 Be able to produce rational and practical solutions for conservation of the natural and cultural environment
Examination
Performance Project
LO-2 can gain perspective on the role of tourism and recreation in contemporary society and its possible role in the future 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-5 Ability to acquire, analyze, evaluate and interpret data related to natural and cultural landscapes
PO-6 Having information about national and international environmental problems, being able to act sensitively and producing solutions
PO-9 Ability to planning of rural and urban areas at different scales according to user needs, ecological, aesthetical and functional principles
Examination
Presentation
Performance Project
LO-3 can learn how the natural and cultural environmental values that constitute it could be used in tourism and recreation planning approach 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-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
Examination
Performance Project
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The relationship between tourism development trends and environmental resources. Natural and social infrastructure influencing tourism development. Tourism's positive and negative effects on environmental resources are evaluated in terms of their use of resources. Sustainability, sustainable development and tourism relations. The way tourism and local people perceive environment and environmental resources, and sustainable tourism. The reasons that tourism must be sustainable. Criteria for achieving sustainable tourism success.
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Leisure time, receration and tourism concepts Lecture, Question and Answer
2 Development trends of tourism as a sector and its impacts on environmental resources Lecture, Question and Answer
3 Natural and social background that affect tourism development Lecture, Question and Answer
4 Sutainability, sustainable development and turism. Lecture, Question and Answer
5 Reasons for adopting sustainable tourism approach Lecture, Question and Answer
6 Outcomes of sustainable tourism applications Lecture, Question and Answer
7 Carrying capacity in tourism Lecture, Question and Answer
8 mid-term exam
9 Tourism planning for protecting cultural and natural resources Lecture, Question and Answer
10 Integration of environmental and societal issueas into tourism planning Lecture, Question and Answer
11 Ecotourism, theoretical background, applications, economic impact of ecotourism Lecture, Question and Answer
12 Methods for monitoring tourism and recreational resources Lecture, Question and Answer
13 Case studies Lecture, Question and Answer
14 Student Presentations Lecture, Question and Answer
15 Student Presentations Lecture, Question and Answer
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Turner, T., Landscape Planning and Environmental Impact Design, UCL Pres, 426P, 1998
2 Altunkasa, F. 1992; Rekreasyonel Planlama Organizasyonu, Ç.Ü.Z.F.Genel yayın No: 54, Ç.Ü.Yayınları No: 132, Ç.Ü.Z.F.Ofset Atölyesi, 99 s Adana
Required Course instruments and materials
Turner, T., Landscape Planning and Environmental Impact Design, UCL Pres, 426P, 1998

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 1 30
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper 1 10
9.Project
final exam 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 0
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 3 14 42
       e) Term paper/Project 6 1 6
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 5 2 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 93