Türkçe | English
GRADUATE INSTITUTE of NATURAL and APPLIED SCIENCES / DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Masters with Thesis
Course Catalog
http://www.fbe.ktu.edu.tr/anabd/abdmenu.php?id=peyzaj
Phone: +90 0462 3774051
FBE
GRADUATE INSTITUTE of NATURAL and APPLIED SCIENCES / DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / Masters with Thesis
Katalog Ana Sayfa
  Katalog Ana Sayfa  KTÜ Ana Sayfa   Katalog Ana Sayfa
 
 

PEM5263Landscape Restoration3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterFall Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face, Practical
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
Lecturer--
Co-LecturerNone
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The course aims to provide the students with knowledge on restoration and rehabilitation of landscape, to enable them to understand how plants can be used in landscape restoration, to help them use their knowledge to understand necessity of restoration and rehabilitation in landscape.
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : summarise information of landscape restoration.3,4,91,3,6
PO - 2 : classify plants in landscape restoration.3,4,91,3,6
PO - 3 : apply various planting techniques in landscape restoration.3,4,101,3,6
PO - 4 : evaluate the results of restoration plants in practices.3,4,111,3,6
PO - 5 : adapt the results and outcome of any lecture practices to landscape design process.3,4,5,6,111,3,6
CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Identification of restoration and rehabilitation, use of plants in ecological rehabilitation and restoration, restoration and rehabilitation in urban and rural landscape spaces, transportation, recreation, reason of pollution in landscape spaces, historical and urbanized green texture
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1Introduction of landscape rehabilitaiton, concept and context of the course
 Week 2The rehabilitation and importance of rehabilitaiton regarding landscape architecture
 Week 3The reasons of landscape degradation
 Week 4The areas needed rehabiliation in urban and rural landscapes
 Week 5The areas needed rehabiliation in urban and rural landscapes
 Week 6The areas needed rehabiliation in urban and rural landscapes
 Week 7The areas needed rehabiliation in urban and rural landscapes
 Week 8Mid-term exam
 Week 9The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 10The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 11The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 12The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 13The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 14The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 15The development of rehabilitation techniques in selected area
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Margolis, L. (2007) Living Systems, 1nd edn, Birkhäuser Basel, German.
 
Recommended Reading
1Mansourıan, S. (2005) Forest Restoration in Landscapes, 1nd edn, Springer, England.
2Golf Assoc, U. S. (1999) Landscape Restoration Handbook, 2nd edn, CRC, England.
3Truelova, J. G. (2002) Ten Landscapes, Rockport Publishers, America.
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 8 16/04/2009 3 30
Homework/Assignment/Term-paper 2
3
6
9
12
05/03/2009
12/03/2009
02/04/2009
23/04/2009
14/05/2009
1
1
1
1
1
20
End-of-term exam 16 11/06/2009 3 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Ödev 1 5 5
Total work load5