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Course Name	Turkish	Sürdürülebilir Kentsel Tasarım
	English	Sustainable Urban Design
Course Code	KET 525E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	-	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Hatice Ayataç Fatma Ayçim Türer Başkaya
Course Objectives		1. To discuss some of the basic principles and ideas of the design of our future cities. 2. To focus on the physical aspects of the urban environment: landscape, nature, transportation systems, and on the energy and material flows including water and wastes. 3. To provide alternatives and answers to the question of how we can move towards cities that are more enjoyable, more interesting and greener while using less energy, materials and water.
Course Description		Definition of sustainability, Sustainable urban structure; The walkable community; Sustainable transport; Future technologies in transportation; Benefits of landscape in the city; Sustainable landscape strategy; Solar energy; Wind energy; Community heating and CHP (central heating plant); Fuel cells, waste and biomass; The future of energy; Design implications of energy.
Course Outcomes		Graduate students who pass this course gain the following knowledge, skills and proficiencies: 1. To describe, interpret, and discuss theoretical concepts within the field of sustainable urban design. 2. To carry out in-depth analyses, synthesis and evaluation of urban environments. 3. To understand the interdisciplinary interaction related with the field and to achieve the original conclusions through new and complex ideas. 4. To contribute the solutions of national, scientific and cultural problems related with the field, and to support their advance. 5. To evaluate strengths and weaknesses of practical applications of sustainable urban development and its economic, social and environmental components
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Other		Students will prepare a term paper individually or as a group of two students. Each group will study and examine a selected urban design example in terms of social, economic and ecological aspects. The research findings will be presented and criticized in seminars. Term paper is required to hand over at the end of semester.
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