Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Modeling in Landscape Planning
Course Code: ZPM535
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Description of the environmental modelling techniques in landscape analysis and the context of current methods. Transmission of theory of integration of the modelling outputs into landscape planning and management policies.

Course Content

Revision of the techniques in data processing and coversion applied to modelling applications Identifiying different environmental modelling approaches

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Having knowledge about modeling techniques used for different scales in landscape analysis and current methods
2.learns the context of environmental modelling techniques
3.learns the logic of environmental modellling
4.to be able to apply environmental modelling techniques
5.to be able to create scenarious for future in landscape planning
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Agarwal, C. (2002). A review and assessment of land-use change models: dynamics of space, time, and human choice.
2.Steiner, F. R. (2012). The living landscape: an ecological approach to landscape planning. Island Press.
3.Beven, K. (2018). Environmental modelling: an uncertain future?. CRC press.
4.Goodchild, M. F., Steyaert, L. T., Parks, B. O., Johnston, C., Maidment, D., Crane, M., & Glendinning, S. (Eds.). (1996). GIS and environmental modeling: progress and research issues.
5.Veldkamp, A., & Lambin, E. F. (2001). Predicting land-use change. Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 85(1-3), 1-6.
6.Wainwright, J., & Mulligan, M. (Eds.). (2013). Environmental modelling: finding simplicity in complexity. John Wiley & Sons.
7.Haase, D., & Schwarz, N. (2009). Simulation models on human-nature interactions in urban landscapes: a review including spatial economics, system dynamics, cellular automata and agent-based approaches. Living reviews in landscape research, 3(2), 1-45.
8.Lambin, E. F. (2004). Modelling land-use change. Environmental Modelling: Finding Simplicity in Complexity, London, 245-254.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to course: content, reason, importance, process method and needs.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Introduction to Environmental Modelling
Week 3 - Theoretical
Environmental Modelling Approaches
Week 4 - Theoretical
Environmental Modelling Approaches
Week 5 - Theoretical
Environmental Modelling Approaches
Week 6 - Theoretical
Environmental Modelling in Landscape Planning
Week 7 - Theoretical
Environmental Modelling in Landscape Planning
Week 8 - Theoretical
Describing model data input requirements
Week 9 - Theoretical
Describing model data input requirements
Week 10 - Theoretical
Preparing the data layers required for the model
Week 11 - Theoretical
Scenario creation in environmental modeling
Week 12 - Theoretical
Scenario creation in environmental modeling
Week 13 - Theoretical
Evaluation and interpretation of model outputs
Week 14 - Theoretical
Evaluation and interpretation of model outputs
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%5
Presentation1%5
Assignment2%20
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment27320
Presentation 1516
Reading70214
Individual Work142256
Final Examination111112
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
2
3
5
2
OÇ-2
3
4
5
5
OÇ-3
2
4
5
3
OÇ-4
2
5
5
5
OÇ-5
3
5
5
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026