Geography of Urban and Industry Areas

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

none

Course Contents

Within the context of the course, will be discussed the concept of industrialization, theory of location of the industry, industry movements in the metropolitan regions and de- industrialization

Weekly Schedule

1) To define relevant terms related to industrialization
2) pre-industrial city and post-industrial city
3) Theories of the location of the industry - Classical location theory
4) Neo Classical industrial location theory
5) Behavioural considerations in the industrial location decision
6) Structuralist approach in the location industry
7) Industry location in a metropolitan region
8) Mid term exam
9) Turkey's industrialization process
10) The main factors in the location of industry in Turkey
11) Industry movements in metropolitan Istanbul
12) Industry movements in Kocaeli
13) The concept of de-industrialization
14) De-industrialization under the impact of globalization
15) İstanbul's spatial configuration and its tendency
16) final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Quiz to Course Grade	50%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	50%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required