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ORML7570 | Optimal Forest Concept and Achievement Procedures | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | Third Cycle | Status | Elective | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | Lecturer | Doç. Dr. Nuri BOZALİ | Co-Lecturer | non | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | To provide the graduate students from Forest Engineering and other related Departments with technical and practical knowledge on optimal structure concept by teaching methods. |
Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | PO - 1 : | Necessity of optimal forest consept | 1 | | PO - 2 : | Importance of establishing optimal structure in forests with different functions | 1,2 | | PO - 3 : | Examples the determination of optimal structure of forests operated for conservation and service purposes | 2,3 | | 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 | |
Actual and optimal structure concepts and examination of them from functional aspects, Ecosystem Based Functional Planning approach; explanation of concepts normal forest, regular forest, optimal forest and optimal structures; Analyzing and classification of various management methods from the aspect of suitability to different forest functions; determination of areas and optimal formation to be allocated to soil conservation; determination of areas and optimal formation to be allocated to hydrological function; determination of areas and optimal formation to be allocated to aesthetic function; determination of areas and optimal formation to be allocated to recration function; Determination the form of deviation from optimal based on forest form and management methods while comparing actual and optimal structures, Derivation of different alternatives while leading actual structure to optimal planning. |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Knows, the concept of the actual and optimal structure | | Week 2 | Ecosystem Based Functional Planning approach; explanation of concepts normal forest, regular forest, optimal forest and optimal structures | | Week 3 | Formats of Optimal structure in forests of different functional | | Week 4 | determination of areas to be allocated to soil conservation | | Week 5 | determination of areas to be allocated to hydrological function | | Week 6 | determination of areas to be allocated to aesthetic function | | Week 7 | determination of areas to be allocated to recration function | | Week 8 | Mid-term exam | | Week 9 | determination of optimal formation to functional management classes of soil conversation | | Week 10 | determination of optimal formation to functional management classes of water preservation | | Week 11 | determination of optimal formation to functional management classes of aesthetic (landscape protection) | | Week 12 | determination of optimal formation to functional management classes of recration | | Week 13 | Changes of prescribed yield while reaching to optimal by means of sustained, even-aged and selection forests in regulation periods | | Week 14 | Regulation in the first of the plan period; Cutting plans and regulation of map | | Week 15 | Presentation of homework project and evaluation | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | BOZALİ, N. 2013. Koruma ve Hizmet Amaçlı İşletilen Ormanların Optimal Kuruluşunun Belirlenmesi: Odayeri Planlama Ünitesi Örneği, Doktora Tezi, İÜ Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, İstanbul. 148 s. | | |
1 | ASAN, Ü. 1985: Orman Amenajmanında Karşılaşılan Karar Problemleri ve Bunların Çözümünde Yararlanılan Yöneylem Araştırması Teknikleri. Yöneylem Araştırması Bildirile 85, s. 440-455. | | 2 | DAVIS, L. S. ; JOHNSON, K.N. 1986: Forest Management.McGroww-Hill Co. ISBN 0-07-032625-&, P.790 | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 2021 | 2 | 30 | Presentation | 12 | 2021 | 2 | 20 | End-of-term exam | 16 | 2021 | 2 | 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 | 15 | 45 | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 15 | 45 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 3 | 12 | 36 | Arasınav | 2 | 8 | 16 | Ödev | 2 | 8 | 16 | Kısa sınav | 3 | 8 | 24 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 2 | 6 | Diğer 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Diğer 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Total work load | | | 200 |
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