CRP 219 URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION

2017/2018 ACADEMIC YEAR I FALL SEMESTER

Meets:                   Wednesday  10.00-13.00 B-323

Instructor:            Assist.Prof.Dr.Ezgi Orhan Nalbantoglu

Office hours:        M 10.00-12.00, Tu 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.crp219.cankaya.edu.tr

Aim

This course provides an introductory knowledge to urban infrastructure planning and management, and urban transport which is crucial for the functioning of every city from small towns to metropolises. The course aims to inform students on the worldwide used technologies and infrastructure applications, environment-transportation relations in the perspective of urban systems, urban forms, land use- usability relations and planning process and modelling.

This course elaborates the infrastructure requirements of urban areas and covers the basic terms, principles and context of urban infrastructure and transport planning together with the process of urban planning.  The course outlines energy, water, environmental protection, waste, transportation, physical engineering and communication systems that support the functioning of urban areas.