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Course Name	Turkish	Kent Planlamasında Bilgi ve İletişim Teknolojileri
	English	Information and Communication Technologies in Urban Planning
Course Code	SBP 624E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Turgay Kerem Koramaz
Course Objectives		It is aimed to develop the use and interpretation skills on technology and computers in the varying processes of urban planning applications such as data collection, assessment and participation. Additionally, it is targeted: 1. to develop knowledge and understanding skills based on advances in information and communication technologies, 2. to examine the utilization of information and communication technologies on urban planning in accordance with practical, professional and cognitive skills, 3. to discuss the practical issues in technologies and urban planning through theoretical readings.
Course Description		Introduction to information and communication technologies and main definitions and terms: information society, contributions on democratisation, transnational media, e-commerce, mobile communication, web and mobile applications, multimedia design, information law and policy, knowledge based economies, research and innovation, IT based industries. Historical evolution of information and communication technologies in the World and Turkey. Information - communication technologies with their contemporary practices, used in varying stages in urban planning. Community based information and communication technologies: change in perception of place and public space, internet, social network and social media. Governance based technologies: e-government, communication and participation tools. Planning based technologies: computer based analysing, modelling and visualization of urban structure, information systems in urban planning. Readings on information and communication theory: informational city, communicative action and planning process.
Course Outcomes		According to the content of the course, students will gain knowledge-skills-values on the issues given below: 1. Gaining knowledge related to use of information and communication technologies in urban and regional planning with a professional level in original research processes 2. Developing skills on the evaluation of new ideas, methodologies and applications related to information and communication technologies, investigation of their original qualifications, comprehension and implementation, 3. Contributing to the society’s state and progress towards being an information society by promoting scientific and technological developments.
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