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| PEML7262 | @Green infrastructure and fragmentation | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Nilgün GÜNEROĞLU | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The aim of this course is to evaluate urban green infrastructure systems and develop planning strategies for the development of these systems. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | They will relate the functions of green infrastructures and their impact on climate | 6 | | | PO - 2 : | They will be able to evaluate landscape metrics and how these metrics affect changes in the ecosystem through numerical calculations. | 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 | | |
| Green infrastructure elements, ecological, economic, aesthetic and functional functions of green infrastructures, planning of green infrastructures, integrity and fragmentation in the landscape, landscape metrics, environmental effects of land fragmentation, point sizes and calculation and interpretation of fragmentation-related metrics, number of point sizes, texture diversity and distribution and arrangement of points in the land texture |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Green infrastructure definition and elements | | | Week 2 | Functions of green infrastructures | | | Week 3 | Planning green infrastructures | | | Week 4 | Green infrastructure city relationship | | | Week 5 | Pressures on urban green infrastructures | | | Week 6 | Green infrastructure and the urban heat island | | | Week 7 | Green infrastructure and water management | | | Week 8 | Green infrastructure planning strategies at different scales | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | Integrity and fragmentation in the landscape | | | Week 11 | Causes and consequences of fragmentation in the landscape | | | Week 12 | Landscape metrics | | | Week 13 | Structure and functions of landscape metrics | | | Week 14 | Environmental impacts of fragmentation | | | Week 15 | | | | Week 16 | End of term exam | | | |
| 1 | Mark, A.Benedict, Edward T. McMahon, 2006. Green Infrastructure: Linking
Landscapes and Communities, Island Press, Washington. | | | |
| 1 | Collinge, S.K. 2009.Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes, The Johns Hopkins University
Press, Baltimore. | | | 2 | Ian Mell, 2019. Green Infrastructure Planning : Reintegrating Landscape in Urban
Planning, Lund Humphries, London. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/04/2024 | 1 | 30 | | Homework/Assignment/Term-paper | 12 | 15/05/2024 | 4 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 05/06/2024 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 5 | 15 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Ödev | 4 | 2 | 8 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 1 | 5 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 77 |
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