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  • Sustainable Urban Resilience
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title KRY524 - Sustainable Urban Resilience
Course Type Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 7.5
Course Instructor(s) DOÇENT DOKTOR EMRAH PEKKAN
Mode of Delivery Distance Education
Prerequisites None
Courses Recomended None
Recommended Reading List • United Nation Reports (UNISDR, UNDP, UNHABITAT, UNFCC, UNHCR)• World Bank Reports (City Strength Resilient Cities Program vb.)• 100 RC Reports (Urban Resilience Strategies – 50 dünya kentine ait rapor vb.)• Grey Literature(OECD, WeForum, GFDRR, WHO, World World Economic Forum vb.) • Reports, Strateies and Actions of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Paris Agreement, Sendai Famework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, World Humanitarian ve Habitat • Scientific Articles• Reports of related Ministries and local government
Assessment methods and criteria 1 Midterm, 1 Homework, 1 Final Exam
Work Placement None
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Basic Concepts: • Hazard, Threat, Trend, Challenge, • Acute Shock, Chronic Stress, Urban Challenge, • Nature Events, Climate Change, Socio-Economic and Cultural Stress, • Risk, Risk Management, Urban Risk, Disaster, Disaster Risk Management, • Resilience, Urban Resilience, • Urban Sustainability, Sustainable Resilience;
Week - 2 Global Challenges and Global Trends: • Disaster Risk (Earthquake, Landslide, Flood, Storm, Excessive Weather Events, Drought, Fire, Sea Level Rising etc.), • Environment Problems (Environmental Degradation, Contamination, Biodiversity Loss, etc.), • Irresponsible Urbanization (Natural Resources Decrease, Energy Usage, Carbon Emission), • Development Impediment (Poverty, Security Problems, Unemployment), • How The Global Challenges And The Trends Affect The Earth, Economic Structure, Social Fabric, Spatial Vulnerability;
Week - 3 Development of Urban Resilience Concept and Its Global Use: • What Resilience Is, Its Etymology, Usage Area and Its Meaning In Different Disciplines, • Its Conceptual Framework, • What Urban Resilience Is, Urban Resilience Development Process, • A Macro Analysis of Theory, Identification of Main Features Supporting Theory, • Examination of Urban Resilience in Scientific Literature By Using Criterions Such As Conceptıonal Context, Theoretical Context, Discipline, Sector, Challenge, Strategy and Policy Suggestions; • Urban Resilience Characteristics
Week - 4 Examination Of Global Frameworks, Policies and Implementations including subjets related to Urban Risk Reduction, Urban Resilience and Sustainability under the titles of Disaster, Economy, Development, Climate Crisis, Humanity, Urbanization: • Habitat I, IPCC, IDNDR, UNFCC, Yokohama, Habitat II, Kyoto Protocol, ISDR, Millennium Development Goals, Monterrey Concensus, Hyogo Framework, Doha Declaration, Copenhagen Agreement, Cancun Agreement, • Sendai Framework, Addis Ababa, Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement, World Humanitarian Summit, Habitat III;
Week - 5 How The United Nations Approach Urban Resilience Concept and Its Urban Resilience Models: • Urban Resilience Usage and Meaning, • 5 Critical Step and 5 Characteristics for Urban Resilience, • Implementation Process of Its Model, Assessment of Urban Resilience, • Disaster Resilience Score Card, • Examination Some World Cities Making Resilience Plan Within This Scope;
Week - 6 Week Description How World Bank Approach Urban Resilience Concept and Its Urban Resilience Models: • Urban Resilience Usage and Meaning, • 5 Implementationl Step and 6 Characteristics for Urban Resilience, • Moduls And Stages Of Its Model, • Examination Some World Cities Making Resilience Plan Within This Scope;
Week - 7 How 100 RC Approach Urban Resilience Concept and Its Urban Resilience Models: • Urban Resilience Usage and Meaning, • 12 Goals and 7 Characteristics for Urban Resilience, • From 100 RC To Resilient Cities Network, • Examination Some World Cities Making Resilience Plan Within This Scope;
Week - 8 Urban Resilience Against To Natural Hazard and Sustainability: • How Urban Resilience Build Against To Earthquake, • Urban Sustainability Against To Earthquake;
Week - 9 Urban Resilience Against To Climate Change and Sustainability: • How Urban Resilience Build Against To Climate Crisis, • Urban Sustainability Against To Climate Crisis;
Week - 10 Urban Resilience Against To Socio-Economic and Cultural Stress and Technological Threats and Sustainability: • How Urban Resilience Build Against To Socio-Economic and Cultural Stress and Technological Threats, • Urban Sustainability Against To Socio-Economic and Cultural Stress and Technological Threats;
Week - 11 Urban Resilience Against To Environmental Issues, Food and Water Problems and Sustainability: • How Urban Resilience Build Against To Environmental Issues, Food and Water Problems, • Urban Sustainability Against To Environmental Issues, Food and Water Problems;
Week - 12 Urban Resilience Against To Development Preferences and Sustainability: • How Urban Resilience Build Against To Development Preferences, • Urban Sustainability Against To Development Preferences;
Week - 13 The Studies Make Cities More Resilient And Sustainable Around The World And Examination of Urban Resilience Strategic Plans Of Some Cities Having Similar Characteristics Such As Vision, Population Density, Challenges And Etc. With Some Cities In Turkey: • City Identity • Urban Challenges, Acute Shocks, Chronical Stressess, • Cities Characterictics, • Resilience Strategies, • Resilience Index (Dimension, Indicator, Sub-Indicator, KPI);
Week - 14 Things To Do Within The Context Of Challenges, Capacity, Stakeholders, Organization, Etc. For Building Urban Resilience And Sustainability Against To Diversifying, Differentiating And Changing Challenges With Integrated Assessment By Using Holistic Approach, Supra-Disciplinary Study; How To Make A Whole Of City (Urban Elements, Urban Sectors, Urban Systems) Sustainable Resilience.

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  • Problem Solving
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  • Environmental awareness
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