Information Package / Course Catalogue
Urban Enviromental Renewal
Course Code: PSB128
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to enable the student to learn theoretical knowledge of planning of recreational areas in urban settlements through comparing the examples in Turkey with others in developed countries, developing spatial strategies and design options for either entire urban landscape or strategically significant tract of it in terms of supplying ecological, socio-cultural and economic improvement to urban geography.

Course Content

Introduction of urban design and its interisciplinary nature, urban design strategies, urban design examples across the globe, recreation requirement and chance, recreational activity and its characteristics, recreational areas and their typology, planning principles of urban recreational areas, examples of urban recreational areas all over the world, planning principles of hobby gardens, parks, botanical gardens, garden exhibitions, cemeteries and other urban recreational areas.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Kamertap CIRIK
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to find out the emergence of urban design and theoretical framework
2.To be able to evaluate Landscape architecture - urban design relationship
3.To be able to deal with critics of some urban design projects from around the world
4.To be able to understand the vitality of recreation concept for urban people
5.To be able to comprehend the relationship between necessity of recreation and landscape architecture
6.To be able to learn the typology of urban recreational areas together with their content and features
Recommended or Required Reading
1.ÖZKAN, M. B., 2008. Kentsel Rekreasyon Alan Planlaması. Ders notu. Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction, the content and context of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical
Historical track of urban design and its general outlook
Week 3 - Theoretical
Urban design's basic adherence to urban landdscapes and social life and its relation with planning and design domains
Week 4 - Theoretical
Recreation concept and its basics
Week 5 - Theoretical
Temporal changes of recreation requirement
Week 6 - Theoretical
Classification of recreational activities
Week 7 - Theoretical
Recreational activities from historical perspective throughout the world
Week 8 - Theoretical
Recreational activities from historical perspective throughout the world
Week 9 - Theoretical
Planning principles of urban recreational areas
Week 10 - Theoretical
Planning of hobby gardens
Week 11 - Theoretical
Park planning
Week 12 - Theoretical
Planning of botanical gardens
Week 13 - Theoretical
Planning of garden exhibition
Week 14 - Theoretical
Planning of cemeteries
Week 15 - Theoretical
Planning of other recreational areas
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Exam
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment1516
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
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PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
3
OÇ-3
3
OÇ-4
3
OÇ-5
3
OÇ-6
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026