CRP 332 - ENVIRONMENT, RISK AND MITIGATION PLANNING

2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR I SPRING SEMESTER

Meets:               Tuesday   10.00 – 13.00   B-323

Instructor:          Assist.Prof.Dr.Ezgi Orhan

Office hours:      M 10.00-12.00, Th 10.00-12.00, or by appointment

Office:                B 206

E-mail:               ezgiorhan@cankaya.edu.tr

Phone:               2844500-390

Web site:           www.crp332.cankaya.edu.tr               

 

 

The environmental problems and threats affect cities and urban planning.  This course defines the processes of risk construction and urban risks; describes the vulnerabilities of urban settlements against natural and technological risks; discusses risk management at global, national and local levels; analyses urban vulnerability and urban risk sectors; presents international risk management approaches and worldwide cases. Students are expected to gain an insight about risk society, risk cognition and components of risk management; disaster risk management and pre-disaster planning; basis of mitigation planning at the end of the course.     

 

Aim

This course aims to understanding natural disasters, and their impacts on settlements; global climate change and main problems; natural resource management; integration of disaster risks into city and regional planning studies.

 

At the end of this course students should be able to

  1. analyse the relation between natural hazards and urban planning
  2. recognize the main issues of sustainability, resilience, mitigation and risks
  3. gain an integrative and inter-disciplinary approach for analysing environmental problems in a way that reflects their complexity.