GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION

URBAN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT/6331312

Course Title:	URBAN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Credits	3	ECTS	7.5
Course Semester	1	Type of The Course	Elective

COURSE INFORMATION

-- (CATALOG CONTENT)

-- (TEXTBOOK)

-- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)

-- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)

-- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

Turkish

-- COURSE OBJECTIVES

-- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

The first outcome of this course is to provide students the necessary understanding of water resources, uses, impacts on quality, and regulations.

-- MODE OF DELIVERY

The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face

--WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week	Introduction to urban water resources management. Fundamental principles for water management .
2. Week	Urbanization and the Water Crisis. Urban Water Strategies.
3. Week	Global Agreements on Water. A Watershed Approach. Introduction to Urban Watershed
4. Week	Indicators of Water Quality
5. Week	Policy framework for sustainable urban water management 1.Balancing Water Supply and Demand 2. Reducing Water Consumption
6. Week	Policy framework for sustainable urban water management(continued) 3.Recycling and Alternative Water Supplies 4. Securing urban water supply
7. Week	Water sensitive urban development
8. Week	Education and water awareness. Urban Water Conservation Tips
9. Week	Water Consumption trends in the world and Turkey
10. Week	Water Resources Management and Turkey
11. Week	Water Resources Management and Turkey (continued)
12. Week	Term paper presentation
13. Week	Term paper presentation
14. Week	Term paper presentation
15. Week	General Evaluation
16. Week

-- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS

-- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

	Quantity	Total Weighting (%)
Midterm Exams	2	20
Assignment	1	30
Application	0	0
Projects	0	0
Practice	0	0
Quiz	0	0

Percent of In-term Studies		60
Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score		40

-- WORKLOAD

Activity	Total Number of Weeks	Duration (weekly hour)	Total Period Work Load
Weekly Theoretical Course Hours	14	3	42
Weekly Tutorial Hours	0	0	0
Reading Tasks	13	3	39
Searching in Internet and Library	8	4	32
Material Design and Implementation	0	0	0
Report Preparing	10	2	20
Preparing a Presentation	3	4	12
Presentation	2	1	2
Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam	3	6	18
Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam	2	5	10
Other (should be emphasized)			0
TOTAL WORKLOAD:			175
TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25:			7
Course Credit (ECTS):			7.5

-- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

-- NAME OF LECTURER(S)

(Prof.Dr. Gülseven UBAY TÖNÜK)

-- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(websitem.gazi.edu.tr)

-- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)

(gulseven@gazi.edu.tr)

Gazi University