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| PEM4024 | Green Infrastructure Systems and Fragmentation | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Spring Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 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: | |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | They will relate the functions of green infrastructures and their impact on climate. | 6 | 1,3, | | LO - 2 : | They will be able to evaluate landscape metrics and how these metrics affect changes in the ecosystem through numerical calculations. | 6 | 1, | | 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), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| 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 | The green infrastructure-city relationship | | | Week 5 | Pressures on urban green infrastructures | | | Week 6 | Green infrastructure and urban heat island | | | Week 7 | Green infrastructure and water management | | | Week 8 | Green infrastructure planning strategies at different scales | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exam | | | 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 | Calculating landscape metrics | | | Week 15 | Environmental effects of fragmentation | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Mark, A.Benedict, Edward T. McMahon, 2006. Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities, Island Press, Washington. | | | |
| 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 | 13 | 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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