Information Package / Course Catalogue
Resource Analysis in Landscape
Course Code: PM300
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To enable students to identify natural, cultural, social, and economic resources and to understand the importance of resources; to pursue studies to increase the adequacy and efficiency of resources in the context of sustainable development; to identify and evaluate basic data and tools for the analysis of resources; to understand the sustainable use of resources.

Course Content

Definition, analysis, and classification of resources in landscape architecture, characteristics of natural and cultural resources, introduction to basic data and tools for resource analysis, presentation of resource analysis case studies.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Ebru ERSOY TONYALOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
1.Understand the relationship between resource analysis and landscape architecture
2.Recognise resources as natural, cultural, social and economic resources and understand the relationship between them.
3.Understand the suitability and effectiveness of resources and be able to follow scientific studies relating to the environment.
4.Identify and evaluate basic data for the analysis of resources
5.Understand the sustainable use of resources
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Gültekin, E. ve Kesim, G. A. (1994). Kaynak Analizi. Çukurova Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Genel Yayın No: 100, Ders Kitapları Yayın No: 24, Adana
2.Tarbuck, E. J., Lutgens, F. K., Tasa, D., & Tasa, D. (2005). Earth: an introduction to physical geology (p. 744). Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
3.LaGro Jr, J. A. (2011). Site analysis: A contextual approach to sustainable land planning and site design. John Wiley & Sons.
4.Steiner, F. R. (2012). The living landscape: an ecological approach to landscape planning. Island Press.
5.Leitao, A. B., & Ahern, J. (2002). Applying landscape ecological concepts and metrics in sustainable landscape planning. Landscape and urban planning, 59(2), 65-93.
6.Marsh, W. M. (2005). Landscape planning: Environmental applications (Vol. 4). New York: Wiley.
7.Ahern, J. (2006). Theories, methods and strategies for sustainable landscape planning. From landscape research to landscape planning. Aspects of integration, education and application, 119-131.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Course introduction: scope, rationale and importance
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Landscape definition and relationships between landscape elements
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Definition and classification of resources
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Basic data for analysing resources: maps. Main functions and classification of maps
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Data sources for landscape definition and assessment
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Definition and interpretation of the topography, projections of the maps
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Elevation curves and their characteristics, analysis of the relief
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Interpretation of maps, sectioning, profiling, slope and aspect analyses, digital elevation model
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Layout partition, Turkey Layout partition
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Soil structure, introduction and interpretation of soil maps, land use ability class, slope, erosion, land use pattern
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Vegetation structure, interpretation of vegetation maps, vegetation types, climate and climate characteristics
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Population and demographic structure, effective factors in the distribution of population
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Spatial plans and Zoning Ordinances
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Spatial plans and Zoning Ordinances
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%60
Practice Examination1%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Practice Examination1112
Midterm Examination1415
Final Examination1819
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
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
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
3
2
OÇ-2
5
2
2
OÇ-3
4
3
1
OÇ-4
5
3
5
3
3
4
3
1
OÇ-5
2
1
3
5
4
5
4
1
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026