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  • Combating and Adapting to Climate Change in Cities
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Course Introduction Information

Code - Course Title KRY528 - Combating and Adapting to Climate Change in Cities
Course Type Elective Courses
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Laboratory + Practice 3+0
ECTS 7.5
Course Instructor(s) PROFESÖR DOKTOR CENGİZ TÜRE
Mode of Delivery Remote
Prerequisites None
Courses Recomended None
Required or Recommended Resources • Anadolu Üniversitesi Temel Afet Bilgisi Ders Kitabı, 2022.• Çiğdem Tuğaç (2019). Türkiye’de Kentsel İklim Değişikliği İçin Eko-Kompakt Kentler. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları. http://ereuter.ankara.edu.tr/wp-content/uploads/sites/821/2019/10/çiğdem-tugaç-kitap.pdf • UNFCCC Web Sitesi: https://unfccc.int/
Recommended Reading List • IPCC 6th Assesstment Report: https://www.ipcc.ch/assessment-report/ar6/• Steffen, W., et al. (2015). The Trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration. Anthropocene Review, 1-18.• Hackmann, H., S. C. Moser & A. L. St. Clair (2014). The social heart of global environmental change. Nature Climate Change, 4, 653.DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2320• Tuğaç, Ç. (2021). Bütünleşik Afet Riski Azaltımı ve İklim Değişikliğine Uyum Yaklaşımı Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme, Afet ve Risk Dergisi 4(1), 1-19.• Barnett, J. (2010) Maladaptation. Global Environmental Change, 20, 211-213.
Assessment methods and criteria 1 Midterm, 1 Homework 1 Final
Work Placement None
Sustainability Development Goals

Content

Weeks Topics
Week - 1 Definitions, basic concepts: Climate change, climate crisis, climate system, adaptation to climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse effect, resilience, disaster risk reduction.
Week - 2 The effects of climate change and climate related disasters.
Week - 3 Disasters and resilient cities
Week - 4 Overview of efforts to combat climate change in cities and new trends (Mitigation-adaptation-disaster risk management relationship)
Week - 5 Greenhouse gases mitigation actions and sectors in cities.
Week - 6 Climate Change Adaptation Actions and Sectors in cities.
Week - 7 Yerel İklim Değişikliği Eylem Planları
Week - 8 Paris Agreement, UN 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, New Urban Agenda
Week - 9 Nature Based Solutions in cities
Week - 10 Climate Resilient and Sustainable Urban Planning and Design
Week - 11 Green Transportation
Week - 12 Kentlerde iklim değişikliği yönetişimi ve önemi
Week - 13 Relationship between climate change and water and food security and public health in cities
Week - 14 Kentlerde enerji ve atık sektörleri ve kent metabolizması yaklaşımı

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  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Question & Answer
  • Team/Group Work
  • Case Study
  • Brain Storming
  • Report Preparation and/or Presentation
  • Role Playing/Dramatization
  • Competences
  • Productive
  • True to core values
  • Rational
  • Questoning
  • Entrepreneur
  • Creative
  • Follow ethical and moral rules
  • Civic awareness
  • Effective use of Turkish
  • Environmental awareness
  • Effective use of a foreign language
  • Adapt to different situations and social roles
  • Work in teams
  • Use time effectively
  • Respect differences
  • Eleştirel düşünebilme
  • Abstract analysis and synthesis
  • Problem solving
  • Applying theoretical knowledge into practice
  • Concern for quality
  • Information Management
  • To work autonomously
  • Organization and planning
  • Elementary computing skills
  • Decision making
  • To work in interdisciplinary projects
  • Project Design and Management
  • Leadership
  • To work in international projects

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