Information
Code | ÇM0022 |
Name | Climate Change and Environmental Risk Analysis |
Term | 2023-2024 Academic Year |
Term | Spring |
Duration (T+A) | 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week) |
ECTS | 6 ECTS |
National Credit | 3 National Credit |
Teaching Language | Türkçe |
Level | Yüksek Lisans Dersi |
Type | Normal |
Mode of study | Yüz Yüze Öğretim |
Catalog Information Coordinator | Prof. Dr. MESUT BAŞIBÜYÜK |
Course Instructor |
1 |
Course Goal / Objective
To be able to make the necessary risk assessments by understanding the environmental hazards and risks arising from climate change.
Course Content
he definition and causes of climate change, examples of various climate based disasters in the world, the investigation of the effects of climate change on water resources, ecosystem, energy, society, agriculture, forests, transport, health. Determining of hazards related to climate change, assesment of the risks of associated with those hazards, accordingly determination of critical infrastructure and issues, what to do in order to adapt and the managing risks.
Course Precondition
None
Resources
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability UNEP 2022
Notes
World Disaster Report 2020 Türk Kızılay Derneği
Course Learning Outcomes
Order | Course Learning Outcomes |
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LO01 | Learns the basics of climate change |
LO02 | Learns the common environmental hazards arisng from climate change |
LO03 | Learns how to make risk assesment for determined environmental hazards |
LO04 | Learns how to use the results to reduce the vulnerability of society and ecosystems. |
Relation with Program Learning Outcome
Order | Type | Program Learning Outcomes | Level |
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PLO01 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Improves and provides required information on the basis of the basic competencies gained at the undergraduate level in the field of Environmental Engineering. | 2 |
PLO02 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Understands the interdisciplinary interactions related to their field. | 3 |
PLO03 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Uses the theoretical and practical knowledge at his specialized level in his field. | 2 |
PLO04 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Combines and comments on the knowledge in their area with various scientific discipline and ability to produce new knowledge, to be able to solve the problems demanding expertise using scientific methods. | 4 |
PLO05 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Describes the problem independently in their field, evaluates solving methods, comments on the results and applies of the results when necessary. | 5 |
PLO06 | Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal | Develops new strategic methods in order to solve unexpected complex problems encountered related to their field and takes initiatives to formulate a solution. | 2 |
PLO07 | Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı | Analyses the knowledge in his field in a critical way and and directs his learning and performs advanced level research independetly | 3 |
PLO08 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Transfers current developments in the field of his studies, supporting them with quantitative and qualitative data, systematically to the area outside of the field, written, orally and visually. | |
PLO09 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Examines, develops social relationships and the norms which diverts these social relationships with a critical view of and acts to change them if necessary. | |
PLO10 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Has the command of a foreign language at a level to translate and understand an article written in. | |
PLO11 | Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği | Uses advanced information and communication technologies along with the required level of his computer software. | |
PLO12 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Develops plans of strategy, policy, and implementation issues related to their area and evaluates results obtained within the framework of processes of quality. | |
PLO13 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Teaches each and supervises scientific and ethical values at the stages of data collection, interpretation related to their field. | |
PLO14 | Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği | Uses knowledge in their field for problem solving and / or practical skills in interdisciplinary studies. |
Week Plan
Week | Topic | Preparation | Methods |
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1 | Climate change basics | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
2 | Links Between Environment and Climate change | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
3 | Hazard and risk description | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
4 | Determiantion climatological hazards | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
5 | Effects of Climate Change on Human Health | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
6 | Extreme heatwaves | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
7 | Forest fires | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
8 | Mid-Term Exam | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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9 | Extreme weather events | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
10 | Climate change and draought | Realted topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
11 | Climate and airquality | Realted topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
12 | Climate change and crtical infrastructure | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
13 | Climate related disaster | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
14 | Evaluation hazards risk assesment and | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
15 | Reducing vulnerability due to climate disasters | Related topic | Öğretim Yöntemleri: Soru-Cevap |
16 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
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17 | Term Exams | Ölçme Yöntemleri: Yazılı Sınav |
Student Workload - ECTS
Works | Number | Time (Hour) | Workload (Hour) |
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Course Related Works | |||
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) | 14 | 5 | 70 |
Assesment Related Works | |||
Homeworks, Projects, Others | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) | 1 | 15 | 15 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 | 30 |
Total Workload (Hour) | 157 | ||
Total Workload / 25 (h) | 6,28 | ||
ECTS | 6 ECTS |