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Course Name	Turkish	Peyzaj Ekolojisi
	English	Landscape Ecology
Course Code	PEM 242E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	4	2	2	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Meltem Erdem Kaya Meltem Erdem Kaya
Course Objectives		1. To provide the concepts of ecology and landscape ecology 2. To research the role of ecological factors on landscape design 3. To discuss the ecological problems and the measures
Course Description		Concepts of ecology and landscape ecology. Ecological factors. Definitions, ecological importance and functions of the climatic, topographic, soil, and biotic factors. Harmful ecological factors formed by human beings and their impacts on the landscape. Definitions of air, water, soil, radiation, noise pollution. Pollution's ecological importance and its interaction with landscape elements.
Course Outcomes		Students who pass the course will be able to: 1. Gain inside to the concepts of ecology 2. Discuss the role of ecological factors on landscape design process 3. Produce ideas about dealing with ecological problems 4. Developed the bounds between landscape architecture and ecology science 5. Gain insight to the concept of ecosystem with all dimensions 6. Evaluate landscape design projects in terms of ecological issues.
Pre-requisite(s)		none
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Textbook		Forman, R.T.T. 2009. Land Mosaics: The Ecology of Landscapes and Regions, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Other References		Marzluff, M.J. et.al. 2008. Urban Ecology: and international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature, New York: Springer

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