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Course Name	Turkish	Peyzaj Tasarımında Ekolojik Yaklaşımlar
	English	Ecological Approaches in Landscape Design
Course Code	PEM 519E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Meltem Erdem Kaya Meltem Erdem Kaya
Course Objectives		1.To provide basic literature on the paradigm of ecology and design 2.To introduce ecological design principles 3.To introduce the contemporary approaches in ecological landscape design 4.To discuss the design solutions based on environmental performance in urban space.
Course Description		Basic concepts of human interactions that affect ecological systems. Basic concepts in landscape ecology that explains the interrelations between cultural and natural systems. Literature in ecological design. Definition of ecological design and historical perspective. Modernism, design and ecology. Contemporary approaches in ecological landscape design. Ecological performance in landscape design. Ecological design principles. Design solutions based on environmental performance in urban space.
Course Outcomes		Graduate students who successfully pass this course gain the following knowledge, skills and proficiencies; 1. Learn basic concepts of human interactions that affect ecological systems 2. Learn the approaches and principles in ecological landscape design 3. Gain the ability to develop critical thought and to discuss the design solutions based on environmental performance proposed by landscape design projects 4. Learn to access sources of primary scientific literature on environmental effects of landscape interventions
Pre-requisite(s)		none
Required Facilities
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Textbook		Bart, J., Hill, C., Ecology and Design, Frameworks for Learning, Island Press, 2002
Other References		Thompson, F., G., Ecological Design and Planning, Wiley, 1997 Corner, J., Recovering Landscape, Essays In Contemporary Landscape Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 1999 Czerniak, J., Hargreaves, G., Large Parks, Princeton Architectural Press, New York,2007 Mostafavı, M., Doherty, G., Ecological Urbanism, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Lars Muller Publishers, 2010 Hough, M., Cities and Natural Processes, A Basis For Sustainability, Routledge, 2004

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