Information Package / Course Catalogue
Planning Process of Protected Areas
Course Code: ZPM614
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

To teach scientific and up-to-date information to ensure that the planning and management processes of protected natural areas in our country, whose natural and cultural heritage values must be transferred to future generations, are organized in a holistic, sustainable and rational manner.

Course Content

Explaining the legal and administrative status of protected areas in our country, introducing the processes and methods followed in the planning of protected areas, promotion the planning and management processes of recreational areas in protected areas, explaining the monitoring and evaluation studies carried out after the planning, discussing the nature protection, planning (UDGP) practices and problems experienced in our country.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.to know the legal and administrative dimensions of the protected area statuses in our country
2.to know the processes followed in the planning of protected areas
3.to know the methods used in the planning of protected areas
4.to know the processes and methods followed in the planning and management of recreation areas in protected areas
5.to know the post-plan monitoring and evaluation processes and the problems experienced in the planning phase in our country
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Korunan Alan Planlaması Ve Yönetimi-Biyolojik Çeşitlilik Ve Doğal Kaynak Yönetimi Projesi Deneyimi. T.C. Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı, Doğa Koruma ve Milli Parklar Genel Müdürlüğü Eylül 2007, Ankara
2.Yücel, M., Doğa Koruma Alanları ve Planlanması, Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fakültesi Peyzaj Mimarlığı Bölümü, Ç.Ü. Ziraat Fak. Genel Yayın No: 104, Adana, 1995
3.Demirel Ö., "Doğa Koruma Ve Milli Parklar", KTÜ Matbaası, TRABZON, 2005
4.Thomas, L. and Middleton, J.., Guidelines for Management Planning of Protected Areas, Series Editor: Phillips, A, World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series No. 10 IUCN – The World Conservation Union, 2003
5.Eagles, P. F., & McCool, S. F. Tourism in National Parks and Protected Areas: Planning and Management. Cabi, 2002.
6.Dearden, P., Rollins, R., & Needham, M. (Eds.). Parks and protected areas in Canada: Planning and management. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Nature Conservation, Protected Areas and Conceptual, Legal and Administrative Framework
Week 2 - Theoretical
Planning Processes (UDGP) and Applications of Protected Natural Areas
Week 3 - Theoretical
Integrated Management Planning Approach and Processes of Protected Natural Areas
Week 4 - Theoretical
Current Situation Assessment, SWOT, Threat, Problem and Risk Analysis in Protected Natural Areas
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cultural Resource Inventory Analysis Methods in Planning of Protected Natural Areas
Week 6 - Theoretical
Natural Resource Inventory Analysis and Methods in Planning of Protected Natural Areas
Week 7 - Theoretical
Landscape Character Analysis, Threshold and Suitability Analysis, Visual Quality Analysis Methods and Processes in Planning of Protected Natural Areas
Week 8 - Theoretical
Landscape Character Analysis, Threshold and Suitability Analysis, Visual Quality Analysis Methods and Processes in Planning of Protected Natural Areas
Week 9 - Theoretical
Zoning in the Planning of Protected Natural Areas
Week 10 - Theoretical
Sustainable Tourism and Recreational Planning Processes in the Planning of Protected Natural Areas
Week 11 - Theoretical
Recreational Carrying Capacity Analysis and Methods in Protected Natural Areas
Week 12 - Theoretical
Visitor Management, Methods and Processes in Protected Natural Areas
Week 13 - Theoretical
Participation and decision making in the Planning of KDA
Week 14 - Theoretical
Monitoring and evaluation methods in Protected Natural Areas
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment2048
Individual Work140570
Midterm Examination136440
Final Examination136440
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
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
OÇ-1
3
2
OÇ-2
1
3
2
1
3
3
OÇ-3
1
3
3
2
3
3
OÇ-4
3
1
4
3
2
3
3
OÇ-5
3
1
5
4
4
3
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026