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Urban Regeneration: Principles and Practices

Course CodeSemester Course Name LE/RC/LA Course Type Language of Instruction ECTS
MIMY0411 Urban Regeneration: Principles and Practices 3/0/0 DE TR 7
Course Goals The aim of the course is to enable the student gain research skills and competency in order to transfer the konowledge and skills by; understanding the processes and practices of the concepts and practices on urban regeneration regarding the current developments in Turkey on legitimate and institutional structuring and western experiences. In this context; loss of employment by deindustrilization, effects of this loss on urban space, sociological and spatial projections of changing urban economies,  changing employment structure and new middle class, urban poverty due to the polarization of labour market, spatial segregation and exclusion triggered by gated communities, new structuring of urban centers and new socio-spatial forms and processes like gentrification are the main subjects of the course and will be discussed on the cases in Turkey and the world.
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Special Requisite(s) The minimum qualifications that are expected from the students who want to attend the course.(Examples: Foreign language level, attendance, known theoretical pre-qualifications, etc.)
Instructor(s) Professor EVRİM TÖRE
Course Assistant(s)
Schedule The course is not active this semester.
Office Hour(s) Wednesday 14:00-14:45 CATS chatroom
Teaching Methods and Techniques  
The course will be conducted by; - presentations (under liability of the lecturer), - research, evaluation and discussion of related references (papers, plans, projects) (under liability of both the lecturer and the student), -research, reporting, presenting and discussion of the urban regeneration cases (under liability of both the lecturer and the student).
Principle Sources  
Couch, C., Fraser, C. and Percy, S. (2003). Urban Regeneration in Europe. Blackwell. Duru, B. ve Alkan, A. (der. ve çev.) (2002). 20. Yüzyıl Kenti. Ankara: İmge Kitabevi.-  Evans, G. (2005). "Measure for Measure: Evaluating the Evidence of Culture’s Contribution to Regeneration". Urban Studies.  01, 959–983. Hall, T. (1998). Urban Geography. Routledge. İBB (2009) İstanbul 1/25.000 ölçekli Nazım İmar Planı, Plan Raporu ve Plan Hükümleri, İstanbul.   İMP (2006) İstanbul 1/100.000 ölçekli Çevre Düzeni Planı, Plan Raporu ve Plan Hükümleri, İstanbul. Kocabaş, A. (2006). Kentsel Dönüşüm (/Yenileş(tir)me). Literatür Yayınları. Montgomery, J. (2004) "Cultural Quarters as Mechanisms for Urban Regeneration. Part 2: A Review of Four Cultural Quarters in the UK, Ireland and Australia". Planning Practice & Research. 3-31. Özdemir, D. (der.) (2011). Kentsel Dönüşümde Politika, Mevzuat, Uygulama: Avrupa Deneyimi, İstanbul Uygulamaları. Nobel Yayınları. Pacione, M. (2009). Urban Geography . Taylor and Francis Group. Parker, S. (2004). Urban Theory and the Urban Experience. Taylor and Francis Group. Thorns, D.C. (2010). Kentlerin Dönüşümü: Kent Teorisi ve Kentsel Yaşam. SOYAK Yayınları Williams, G. (2003). The Enterprising City Centre: Manchester’s development challenge. Taylor and Francis Group.
Other Sources Alver, K. (2007) Steril Hayatlar: Kentte Mekansal Ayrışma ve Güvenlikli Siteler. Hece Yayınları. Bali, R. (2002). Tarz-ı Hayattan Life Style’a: Yeni Seçkinler, Yeni mekanlar, Yeni Yaklaşımlar, İletişim Yayınları. Harvey, D. (2000). Umut Mekanları. Metis Yayınları. Kurtuluş, H. (2005). İstanbul’da Kentsel Ayrışma. Bağlam Yayınları. Redfern,  P. A. (2003). What Makes Gentrification ‘Gentrification’? Urban Studies, Vol. 40, No. 12, 2351–2366. Şen, B. (2006). Kentsel Gerilemeyi Aşmada Çelişkili Bir Süreç Olarak Soylulaştırma: Galata Örneği. Yayımlanmamış doktora tezi. Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi. Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, Şehir ve Bölge Planlama Anabilim Dalı. İstanbul. Uzun, C. N. (2001). Gentrification in İstanbul: A Diagnostic Study. Netherlands Geographical Studies. Utrecht. -Acts and Regulations
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Course Schedules
Week Contents Learning Methods
1. Week Introduction of the the flow of the course and the reference list. The effects of industrial revolution on the growth of the cities, the change of urban space due to changing life habits and the effects of deindustrialization on urban space. Lecture/presentation
2. Week The effects of industrial revolution on the growth of the cities, the change of urban space due to changing life habits and the effects of deindustrialization on urban space. Lecture/presentation
3. Week Conceps and practices of urban regeneration via worldwide cases Lecture/presentation
4. Week Conceps and practices of urban regeneration via worldwide cases Lecture/presentation
5. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper 1) Discussion on the papers
6. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 1), İdentification of topics for next papers (Paper No.2) Discussion on the papers
7. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 1) Discussion on the papers
8. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 1) Discussion on the papers
9. Week Discussing and evaluating draft papers (Paper No.2) Discussion on the papers
10. Week Discussing and evaluating draft papers (Paper No.2) Discussion on the papers
11. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 2) Discussion on the papers
12. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 2) Discussion on the papers
13. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 2) Discussion on the papers
14. Week Presentation and discussion on papers (Paper No. 2) Discussion on the papers
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Assessments
Evaluation tools Quantity Weight(%)
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations 1 50
final submission 1 50


Program Outcomes
PO-1To gain knowledge and understand the socio-economical and spatial components and processes which are both the subjects and the outcomes of an urban design project.
PO-2To gain knowledge and critical awareness about the relations in between urban design and the other disciplines like architecture, urban planning, economy and sociology; and the opportunuties and threats that will arise by these relations.
PO-3Ability to realize an urban design project or a research on urban design in a multidisciplinary process, using both the theoretical and practical knowledge infrastructure, developing new methods and techniques.
PO-4Ability to direct socio-economical and spatial components and processes in the urban design process.
PO-5Ability to make research, to analyse and to criticise in the area of academical knowledge and design processes, using the appropriate techniques, producing original results.
PO-6To gain competency on conducting an indivudial research or project on urban design.
PO-7To gain competency on working as a group member and to work out the complicated processes that will occur during the urban design.
PO-8To gain competency to transfer the knowledge gained using a foreign language, both in verbal and visual way, via contemporary computer programmes and techniques.
PO-9To gain competancy to produce an original academical/scientific research, to present and to discuss in a dialectical framework.
PO-10To gain competency on strategical decision making as a component of the urban design project and to produce original solutions considering ethical values.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1To gain knowledge, critical awareness and to understand the effects of industrialization on urban growth, the change of urban space due to changing life habits and the effects of deindustrialization on urban space. (KNOWLEDGE)
LO-2Ability to make research and critical evaluation on the the effects of deindustrialization on cities. (SKILLS)
LO-3To gain knowledge and to understand the concepts and practices of urban design, to gain critical awareness on the relations of urban regeneration with the disciplines like urban design, planning, economy. (KNOWLEDGE)
LO-4Ability to make a research and critical evaluation on urban transformation/urban regeneration policies. (SKILLS)
LO-5To gain knowledge, critical awareness and to understand the current progress of the legitimate and institutional structure of urban regeneration in Turkey. (KNOWLEDGE)
LO-6Ability to make a research and critical evaluation on the aims, contents, process and methods of urban regeneration proceeding with a case. (SKILLS)
LO-7To gain competency on introducing the aims, contents, process and methods of urban regeneration verbally, written and visually proceeding with a case. (COMPETENCY)
Course Assessment Matrix:
Program Outcomes - Learning Outcomes Matrix
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