Information Package / Course Catalogue
Land Evaluation
Course Code: TBB418
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 1
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To gain knowledge and skill on the definition, objectives, basic principles and processes of land use planning and land evaluation; types, structures and main principles of land suitability classification; widely used land use planning and classification methods in local, regional and national scale. The objective of this course are on the protection of soil which required an approach based on the agricultural land use for other cases of purposes and determining the agricultural production in order to maintain a inclined fields and evaluation of land use planning.

Course Content

Turkey's agricultural land structure, land-use planning, land use issues, relations between soil and soil using, agricultural land classification methods, suitability for irrigated agriculture agricultural assessment items will be explained in detail. Land acquisition of the physical, social and economic data, economic evaluation are the contents of the course.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Alper YORULMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.Definitions of land evaluation and land use planning, to understand the importance
2.To understand the relationship between soil and land use
3.Ideal for a land use planning what data is needed to learn
4.Access to information in the field of soil and plant nutrition, with the ability to understand and use the information to produce new learning
5.Social and environmental aspects of land use planning, learning to analyze
6.Interdisciplinary studies clutch
7.About the profession earn an ethical responsibility
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Şenol, S. 1995. Arazi Değerlendirme. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Toprak bölümü Ders Noları. Adana p.38. Şenol, S. ve Tekeş, Y. 1995.
2.Dizdar, M.Y., 1981. Arazi Sınıflaması, TOPRAKSU Genel Müdürlüğü Yayınları, Ankara.
3.FAO, 1976. A Framework for Land Evaluation, FAO Soil Bulletin No:32, Rome.
4.FAO, 1993. Guidelines for Land-Use Planning. FAO Development Series 1, Rome.
5.Edoardo A.C. Costantini, 2007. Manual of Methods for Soil and Land Evaluation.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Structure of Agricultural Land in Turkey
Week 1 - Practice
Introduction to the practice courses
Week 2 - Theoretical
Land Use Planning and Land Evaluation Concepts
Week 2 - Practice
Land Evaluation in the study of Computer Technology
Week 3 - Theoretical
Basic Concepts of Land Evaluation (land, land use type, land characteristics and quality, land reclamation)
Week 3 - Practice
Qualities and Characteristics of land at the site to Identify
Week 4 - Theoretical
General Problems of Agricultural Land Using
Week 4 - Practice
Field Review
Week 5 - Theoretical
Parallel or Two-Stage Approach in Land Evaluation
Week 5 - Practice
Land Evaluation Model Program and Şenol Land Evaluation Method
Week 6 - Theoretical
Land Evaluation Processes (first meeting, land use types, requirements and constraints for land use types, determination of land mapping units and land characteristics)
Week 6 - Practice
Soil Map of the Use in Land Evaluation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Land evaluation processes (matching or comparison land use types with mapping units)
Week 7 - Practice
Mapping Units of Land Use Type coincided with or Comparison
Week 8 - Theoretical
Structure and objectives of land use planning
Week 8 - Practice
Land use plan studies slide show
Week 9 - Theoretical
Land Use Planning of the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment
Week 9 - Practice
Defining Land Characteristics and Mapping Units
Week 10 - Theoretical
Land Use Planning and Agricultural Use of Suitability
Week 10 - Practice
Land Use Types and Proportional Expected Product Values
Week 11 - Theoretical
Use Planning and Potential User Groups
Week 11 - Practice
Evaluation of Suitability for Agricultural Use and the Potential Suitability Classes
Week 12 - Theoretical
Suitability classes for agricultural use
Week 12 - Practice
Evaluation of suitability classes for agricultural use
Week 13 - Theoretical
Land use capability classes
Week 13 - Practice
Discussion of results for land-use classification
Week 14 - Theoretical
Examples for Land Use Planning
Week 14 - Practice
Discussion of problems and solutions
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice142142
Midterm Examination1617
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026