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| PEML7270 | Visitor Management in Protected Area Planning | 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 | Face to face | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | -- | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The purpose of this course is to inform about new methods and approaches which are developed to sustain the resource values and to minimize the negative effects caused by visitors in protected areas. Also, new approach models are evaluated by comprising the models developed in the United States and the protected area planning in Turkey. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Students can explain protected area planning, protected area management and their principles, visitor management. | 1,2,5,7,9,11,12,13 | 1 | | PO - 2 : | Students learn the methods used for visitor management. | 1,2,5,7,9,11,12,13 | 1,3 | | PO - 3 : | Students can judge the visitor management stratetegy and methods by evaluating Turkey's socio-economc and legalsconditions. | 1,2,5,7,8,9,11,12,13 | 1,3,5 | | 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 | | |
| The concept of protected areas, principles and approaches in protected area planning, concept, aim and targets of visitor management, visitor management principles and its application areas, modals for visitor management, evaluation of visitor management models in the scope of Turkey?s legal, administrative and social conditions. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | The concept of Protected Areas | | | Week 2 | Principles and Approaches in Protected Area Planning | | | Week 3 | Protected Area Management | | | Week 4 | The Concept, Purpose and Goals of Visitor Management | | | Week 5 | Visitor Management Principles and Applications Uses | | | Week 6 | Carrying Capacity Assessment Process (C-CAP) | | | Week 7 | Limits of Acceptable Change (LAC) | | | Week 8 | Recreational Opportunities Spectrum (ROS) | | | Week 9 | Midterm Exams | | | Week 10 | Management Process for Visitor Activities (VAMP) | | | Week 11 | Visitor Impact Management (VIM) | | | Week 12 | Visitor Experience and Resource Protection (VERP) | | | Week 13 | Protected Area Visitor Impact Management (PAVIM) | | | Week 14 | Visitor Impact Management in National Parks (NPVIM) | | | Week 15 | Evaluation of Visitor Management Models in Turkey?s Conditions | | | Week 16 | Final Exam | | | |
| 1 | Düzgüneş, E. 2015. Milli Park Planlamalarında Ziyaretçi Yönetimine İlişkin Yeni Bir Model Önerisi: Altındere Vadisi Milli Parkı (Maçka/Trabzon) Örneği. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Doktora Tezi, Karadeniz TeknikÜniversitesi, Trabzon. | | | 2 | Giongo, F., Bosco-Nizeye, J., Wallace, G.N., 1993. A Study of Visitor Management in the Worlds National Parks and Protected Areas. Fort Collins, CO: Colorado State University, College of Natural Resources. | | | 3 | Countryside Agency.,2005. National Park Management Plans Guidance, England Countryside Agency, West Yorkshire, England. | | | 4 | Albrecht, J.N. 2016. Visitor Management in Tourism Destinations (CABI Series in Tourism Management Research). CABI Publishing, ISBN-10: 1780647352 | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 16/11/2016 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 6
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2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 26/01/2017 | 3 | 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 | 5 | 14 | 70 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 1 | 4 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 3 | 1 | 3 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 2 | 10 | 20 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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