Information Package / Course Catalogue
Decision Support Systems in Landscape Planning
Course Code: ZPM536
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

The aim of this course is to introduce the data collection and processing methods for spatial decision support systems in planning and management of natural and cultural landscapes and to introduce the importance of research and evaluation methods and decision support systems used in landscape planning

Course Content

The production of data layers in the landscape planning process, the spatial decision support system, the multi-criteria evaluation method and the analytical hierarchy method are applied to give information about the land use decisions.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to know the concepts about decision support system in landscape planning
2.To be able to learn important concepts for landscape planning in terms of conservation usage balance in natural and cultural resource values.
3.To be able to analyze multiple and complex data by multi evaluation methods.
4.To be able to make optimal land use decision on landscape planning process
5.To be able to know the development of the decision support system in the country and in the world.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Malczewski, J. (1999). GIS and multicriteria decision analysis. John Wiley & Sons.
2.Malczewski, J. (2006). GIS-based multicriteria decision analysis: a survey of the literature. International journal of geographical information science, 20(7), 703-726.
3.Brail, R. K. (2001). Planning support systems: Integrating geographic information systems, models, and visualization tools. ESRI, Inc..
4.Janssen, R. (2012). Multiobjective decision support for environmental management (Vol. 2). Springer Science & Business Media.
5.Burke, E. K., Burke, E. K., Kendall, G., & Kendall, G. (2014). Search methodologies: introductory tutorials in optimization and decision support techniques. Springer.
6.Malczewski, J., & Rinner, C. (2015). Multicriteria decision analysis in geographic information science (Vol. 1, pp. 55-77). New York: Springer.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to course: content, reason, importance, process method and needs.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Landscape Planning Approaches, Landscape components and data analysis
Week 3 - Theoretical
Decision Support Concept (DSS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Week 4 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): Explanation of the method
Week 5 - Theoretical
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP): Explanation of the method
Week 6 - Theoretical
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP): Explanation of the method
Week 7 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)advantage and disadvantage
Week 8 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): Case studies
Week 9 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA): Case studies
Week 10 - Theoretical
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP): Case studies
Week 11 - Theoretical
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP): Case studies
Week 12 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP);result and evaluation
Week 13 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP);result and evaluation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Multicriteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP);result and evaluation
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
4
5
OÇ-3
2
4
5
5
OÇ-4
2
3
4
5
OÇ-5
3
3
2
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026