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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
ÜS0206.1Urban and Environmental RightsElective232
Level of Course Unit
Short Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To present the conceptual framework of urban and environmental rights and to give information about the developments related to these rights in the world and in Turkey.
Name of Lecturer(s)
DOÇ.DR.HAYRİYE ŞENGÜN
Learning Outcomes
1Determines the importance of city and environmental rights in terms of human rights, reveals the relationship between city and environment and human rights. It reveals the place of city and environmental rights in national and international legal regulations. Analyzes how urban and environmental rights have developed historically. Analyzes examples of urban and environmental rights in the world. Identify the developments regarding urban and environmental rights in Turkey and in the world, analyze the problems experienced.
Mode of Delivery
Second Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Conceptual framework of urban and environmental rights, their legal infrastructure, their place in human rights, developments in the world and in Turkey.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
11-The concept and characteristics of human rights 2-Classification of human rights according to generations 3-Third generation human rights and solidarity rights 4-The place and importance of the right to the city and the right to the environment in solidarity rights 5- Opinions explaining the emergence of city and environmental rights 6-History and characteristics of the right to the city and the right to the environment 7-Functions of the right to the city and the right to the environment 8-Urban rights-democracy relationship 9-The relationship between urban rights and globalization 10-International documents on urban rights and the European Urban Charter and its features 11-The relationship between environmental rights and globalization 12-Environmental right and international documents 13-The relationship between urban and environmental rights and governance
Recommended or Required Reading
Kıvılcım Akkoyunlu Ertan, Kent ve Kentli Hakları, TODAİE Yayını, Yayın No:381, Ankara, 2014. İbrahim Ö. Kaboğlu, Çevre Hakkı, Tekin Yayınevi, 1 Basım, 2021 Don Mitchel, Kent Hakkı, Ayrıntı Yayınları, 2020, 1. Basım. Henri Lefebvre, Şehir Hakkı, Sel Yayıncılık, 2020
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination13030
Final Examination13030
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)60
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