Information Package / Course Catalogue
Cities and Urban Problems Today
Course Code: SOS428
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

• To develop an awareness about urban problems and to discuss the solutions for those problems • To help students to develop analytical and critical thinking about urban problems • To analyse and help students to be able to analyse urban problems in terms of sociological theories and approaches • To investigate and discuss urban problems in Turkey by looking at Turkey’s internal dynamics

Course Content

Rapid Urbanisation and Population Increase; Shanty Areas and Urban Renovation; Ghetto and Social Risk; Urban Poverty; Cities and Urban Environment; Everyday Life, Cities and Urban Side; Urban Unemployment and Labour Market; Transformation of Public Space, City and Power Relations

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Emin YİĞİT
Learning Outcomes
1.Be able to analyse urban problems and to present solutions
2.Increasing awareness and sensitivity about urban problems
3.Be able to analyse urban problems and processes in Turkey from its internal dynamics
4.Be able to use those knowledge in work and academic life
5.Gains awareness about the urban environment
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Aslanoğlu, Rana, A., ( 1998) Kent, Kimlik ve Küreselleşme, Asa Yayınları, Bursa
2.Erdoğan, Necmi,( 2002) “Yok-sanma:Yoksunluk-Mâduniyet ve “Fark Yararları”, Yoksulluk Halleri Türkiye’de Kent Yoksulluğunun Görünümleri, Ed: Necmi Erdoğan, Demokrasi Kitaplığı, İstanbul
3.Harwey, David, (2003)Sosyal Adalet ve Şehir, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul
4.Sarı Ö., A. Esgin (edt) Kent Fragmanları, Phoenix Yay, Ankara
5.Cantek, F. Şenol, Kenarın Kitabı-“Ara”da Kalmak Çeperde Yaşamak, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul
6.Harvey, D., Umut Mekânları, Metis Yayınları, İstanbul
7.Wacquant, L. Kent Paryaları, İleri Marjinalliğin Karşılaştırmalı Sosyolojisi, Boğaziçi Ünv. Yay., İstanbul
8.Castells, M., Kent Sınıf İktidar, Phoenix Yayınevi, Ankara
9.Şentürk. B. Bu çamuru Beraber Çiğnedik, İletişim Yay., İstanbul
10.Lordoğlu, C., İstanbul’da Bekar kadın Olmak, İletişim Yay., İstanbul
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to the Lecture (Course objectives, Learning Outcomes, Teaching and Learning Techniques, Reading Materials, A General Introduction to Subjects)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Rapid Urbanisation and Population Increase
Week 3 - Theoretical
Shanty Areas and Urban Renovation
Week 4 - Theoretical
Shanty Areas and Urban Renovation
Week 5 - Theoretical
Urban Space and Gentrification
Week 6 - Theoretical
Urban Space and Gentrification
Week 7 - Theoretical
Neoliberalism and Urban Poverty
Week 8 - Theoretical
Neoliberalism and Urban Poverty
Week 9 - Theoretical
Urban Unemployment and Labour Market
Week 10 - Theoretical
Urban Unemployment and Labour Market
Week 11 - Theoretical
Cities and Urban Environment
Week 12 - Theoretical
Cities and Urban Environment
Week 13 - Theoretical
Transformation of Public Space, Gated Communities and the City
Week 14 - Theoretical
Transformation of Public Space, Gated Communities and the City
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%60
Assignment3%40
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141356
Assignment31621
Reading141356
Individual Work1246
Final Examination110111
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
5
4
5
5
5
4
5
2
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
4
5
4
5
2
5
5
5
OÇ-3
4
5
5
4
5
4
5
2
5
4
4
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
2
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
2
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026