COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: NATURE DRIVEN URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
ARCH 530	D	9	3	0	3	3	6

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Artan Hysa , Friday, 10:30-11:30
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:	A-130, Monday 14:30- 17:15
Course Description:	This course focuses on the urban planning and design practices that are scientifically or ideally inspired by natural systems. Nature here is an encompassing concept of all living being surrounding us. In other words, these design and planning practices are driven by certain natural systems of micro to macro scales.
Course Objectives:	The main objective of this course is to highlight the importance of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Challenges of the Modern City. it aims to well-define the green-blue infrastructure of the city as a crucial layer of the urbanized surfaces. Moreover, mapping techniques of Landscape infrastructure is another core goal.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction to Nature driven urban planning and design
2	Ecosystem Services [ES] and Nature Based Solutions [NBS]
3	NBS for Urban Challenges in the Era of Climate Change
4	Urban Blue Infrastructure as a mean of NBS
5	Urban Green Infrastructure as a mean of NBS
6	Landscape Infrastructure [LI] based on European Landscape Convention
7	Land Cover Assessment for LI Mapping Data Gathering and Archiving techniques
8	Midterm Exam [take-home]
9	Presentation, Discussions and reflections on preliminary Results / Practice: Individual GIS working on specific section within the study area
10	Data Production
11	Data Analysis / Discussion of Results
12	Map Delivery Standards / Graphical Presentation
13	Inter-group discussions/ Reporting the Results
14	Final Discussions and work distribution about the common Report

Prerequisite(s):	NA
Textbook:	1- McHarg, I. L., & Mumford, L. (1969). Design with nature. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 2- Cohen-Shacham, E., Walters, G., Janzen, C., & Maginnis, S. (2016). Nature-based solutions to address global societal challenges. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland, 97.
Other References:	2- Maes, J., & Jacobs, S. (2017). Nature‐based solutions for Europe's sustainable development. Conservation Letters, 10(1), 121-124. 3- Keesstra, S., Nunes, J., Novara, A., Finger, D., Avelar, D., Kalantari, Z., & Cerdà, A. (2018). The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services. Science of the Total Environment, 610, 997-1009. 4-Kabisch, N., Frantzeskaki, N., Pauleit, S., Naumann, S., Davis, M., Artmann, M., ... & Zaunberger, K. (2016). Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas: perspectives on indicators, knowledge gaps, barriers, and opportunities for action. Ecology and Society, 21(2).
Laboratory Work:	Yes
Computer Usage:	Yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Developing critical thinking towards the current urban challenges in the era of Climate Change
2	Understanding the importance and the potentials of nature based solutions for urban problems
3	Being able to define and differentiate between the green, blue, and landscape infrastructure in the territory
4	Being able to understand the utility of Geographical Information Systems tools in territorial management and planning
5	Become familiar with QGIS software as a powerful open-source GIS platform
6	Producing unique spatial data for specific urban study areas

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Master of Science in Architecture Program

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	20
Presentation	1	10
Project	1	40
Lab/Practical Exams(s)	4	5
Attendance		10
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	3	48
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments	4	5	20
Final examination	1	24	24
Other			0
Total Work Load:			150
Total Work Load/25(h):			6
ECTS Credit of the Course:			6