Information Package / Course Catalogue
Recreational Planning in Rural Areas
Course Code: PM418
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

The aims of this course are; defining the landscape, classifying the landscape, the importance of recreation for people, the classification of recreation, presenting the concepts of rural recreation and rural recreation areas, conveying information about rural recreation areas and the planning of these areas, defining an exemplary rural area on the periphery of the city in zoning plans and developing scenarios for recreation. is to provide.

Course Content

In the course, information will be presented on topics such as classification of landscape and rural landscape, the concept of recreation, factors affecting rural recreation area potential, methods of evaluating recreational potential, principles of rural recreation area planning. Examples of rural recreation; A rural recreation area proposal scenario will be studied by presenting the planning principles of picnic areas, camping areas, highway recreation areas, golf areas, holiday villages and other rural recreation areas.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Zöhre POLAT
Learning Outcomes
1.Will be able to classify the landscape
2.Will be able to learn the content, types and features of the rural recreational areas
3.Will be able to learn the general planning principles of rural recreational areas
4.Will be able to recognize rural recreational resources and classify these areas
5.To be able to recognize the problems in the planning of rural recreational areas and to be able to produce alternative solutions
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Koç, N., Şahin, Ş., 1999. Rural Landscape Planning. Ankara Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Yayını No:1509, 275s, Ankara
2.Özkan, M. B., 2002. Rural Recreation Area Planning. Ders Kitabı, Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü. Bornova-İzmir .
3.Mark Blacksell, Planning and rural recreation in Britain: By D Groome Avebury, Aldershot, UK, 1993, 346 pp, Land Use Policy, Volume 12, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 332-333, ISSN 0264-8377, https://doi.org/10.1016/0264-8377(95)90062-4
4.Xiao Sun, Hongxiao Liu, Chuan Liao, Huifu Nong, Peng Yang, Understanding recreational ecosystem service supply-demand mismatch and social groups’ preferences: Implications for urban–rural planning, Landscape and Urban Planning, Volume 241, 2024, 104903, ISSN 0169-2046, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104903.
5.Adam Frakes, Omkar Joshi, Neelam C. Poudyal, Understanding regional economic impacts of recreation spending at a public lake: A case study in rural Oklahoma, USA, Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism, Volume 39, 2022, 100504, ISSN 2213-0780, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2022.100504
6.Yongyuan Lin, Wei Shui, Zhipan Li, Shan Huang, Kexin Wu, Xiaorui Sun, Jingchen Liang, Green space optimization for rural vitality: Insights for planning and policy, Land Use Policy, Volume 108, 2021, 105545, ISSN 0264-8377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105545.
7.Javier Martínez-López, Juan Albaladejo, Joris de Vente, Participatory modelling for sustainable development: Connecting coastal and rural social-ecological systems, Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 177, 2024, 106061, ISSN 1364-8152, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106061.
8.Andrea De Montis, Antonio Ledda, Vittorio Serra, Marco Noce, Mario Barra, Stefano De Montis, A method for analysing and planning rural built-up landscapes: The case of Sardinia, Italy, Land Use Policy, Volume 62, 2017, Pages 113-131, ISSN 0264-8377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.12.028.
9.Milada Štastná, Antonín Vaishar, Hana Vavrouchová, Tomáš Mašícek, Veronika Perinková, Values of a suburban landscape: Case study of Podolí u Brna (Moravia), The Czech Republic, Sustainable Cities and Society, Volume 40, 2018, Pages 383-393, ISSN 2210-6707, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.01.034.
10.Sıla Balta, Meryem Atik, Rural planning guidelines for urban-rural transition zones as a tool for the protection of rural landscape characters and retaining urban sprawl: Antalya case from Mediterranean, Land Use Policy, Volume 119, 2022, 106144, ISSN 0264-8377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106144.
11.Andrea De Montis, Antonio Ledda, Vittorio Serra, Marco Noce, Mario Barra, Stefano De Montis, A method for analysing and planning rural built-up landscapes: The case of Sardinia, Italy, Land Use Policy, Volume 62, 2017, Pages 113-131, ISSN 0264-8377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.12.028.
12.Alfonso Tortora, Dina Statuto, Pietro Picuno, Rural landscape planning through spatial modelling and image processing of historical maps, Land Use Policy, Volume 42, 2015, Pages 71-82, ISSN 0264-8377, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.06.027.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Introduction, the content and context of the course
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
The concept and characteristics of recreation, recreational needs-Applications in the landscape
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Agricultural landscape, industrial landscape and transportation landscape-Applications in the landscape
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
The need for recreation and the importance of recreational areas in rural landscape-Analyzes with visuals
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of factors affecting recreational potential of rural areas -Analyzes with visuals
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Natural factors affecting the recreational potential of rural areas -Analyzes with visuals
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Cultural (infrastructure, superstructure, social) factors affecting the recreational potential of rural areas-Applications in the landscape
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Cultural (infrastructure, superstructure, social) factors affecting the recreational potential of rural areas-Analysis of urban periphery-rural in development plans
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Recreational areas in rural landscape and planning principles-Analysis of urban periphery-rural in development plans
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Recreational areas in rural landscape and planning principles-Analysis of urban periphery-rural in development plans
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Rural recreational areas ; picnic areas, golf areas-Analysis of urban periphery-rural in development plans
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Rural recreation areas-camping areas, botanical gardens-Student scenarios in selected rural areas
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Rural recreation areas-camping areas, botanical gardens-Student scenarios in selected rural areas
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Rural recreation areas-zoo an other recreational areas-Student scenarios in selected rural areas
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory141242
Lecture - Practice141242
Individual Work1112
Midterm Examination1314
Final Examination1314
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)94
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
3
3
OÇ-2
4
3
OÇ-3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
4
OÇ-5
3
4
3
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026