| Code: CM-318 |
Course Title: ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION |
Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 |
ECTS: 5 |
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| Year/Semester of Study |
3 / Spring Semester |
| Level of Course |
1st Cycle Degree Programme |
| Type of Course |
Optional |
| Department |
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING |
| Pre-requisities and Co-requisites |
None |
| Mode of Delivery |
Face to Face |
| Teaching Period |
14 Weeks |
| Name of Lecturer |
SEVAL ARAS (saras@nevsehir.edu.tr) |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
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| Language of Instruction |
Turkish |
| Work Placement(s) |
None |
| Objectives of the Course |
| The aim of; ecosystems have been destroyed or damaged in any way (mines, urban-industrial areas, erosion and landslides sensitive areas, wetlands, sand dunes, forests, nature conservation areas, etc.), reclamation, restoration, and for improving the processes and techniques. |
| Learning Outcomes |
PO |
MME |
| The students who succeeded in this course: |
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| LO-1 |
To be able to understand the terrestrial forms of corruption in public areas. |
PO-5 Modeling programs related to environmental engineering and information technology skills to use,
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Examination
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| LO-2 |
Degraded land in these areas of physical, chemical and biological changes that can be able to recognize. |
PO-7 Making research, the ability to use information resources,
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Examination
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| LO-3 |
To be able to understand the change and ecological consequences of biological diversity due to deterioration. |
PO-7 Making research, the ability to use information resources,
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Examination
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| LO-4 |
To be able to understand the ecological consequences of erosion. |
PO-7 Making research, the ability to use information resources,
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Examination
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| LO-5 |
To be able to relate the concepts of succession and restoration ecology. |
PO-6 Individual and team work, ability to take responsibility,
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Examination
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| LO-6 |
To be able to understand the strategies of plants against corruption. |
PO-6 Individual and team work, ability to take responsibility,
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Examination
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| LO-7 |
To be able to understand the role of plant breeding communities in degraded areas. |
PO-7 Making research, the ability to use information resources,
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Examination
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PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation |
| Course Contents |
| Ecosystems have been destroyed or damaged in any way (mines, urban-industrial areas, erosion and landslides sensitive areas, wetlands, sand dunes, forests, nature conservation areas, etc.), reclamation, restoration, and for improving the processes and techniques;ecological engineering applications and importance;national and international examples of ecosystem rehabilitation,laws and regulations. |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Land degradation types of areas: land use change, mining, industrial solid waste, urban settlements. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 2 |
Occurring in the territory of degraded areas of chemical, physical and biological changes in the I. chemical and physical changes. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 3 |
Occurring in the territory of degraded areas of chemical, physical and biological changes in the II. Biological changes. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 4 |
Erosion ecology. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 5 |
As a source of biodiversity and conservation biology |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 6 |
Ecological consequences of changing biodiversity. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 7 |
The benefits and services of biodiversity, ecosystem functions. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
Restoration ecology and global climate change. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 10 |
What is Succession? What is Restoration Ecology? |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 11 |
Against the degradation of plant strategies. Impaired performance in environment and plant nutrient relationships. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 12 |
Breeding in degraded areas (restoration) the role of plant communities. Development of secondary succession. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 13 |
Ruderal communities and properties. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 14 |
Distortions in our near surrounding area. |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 15 |
Reading and Discussion of Recent Articles on Restoration Ecology |
Lecture Discussion Question and Answer |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Handbook of Ecological Restoration, Cilt 1 ve 2, Martin R. Perrow and Anthony J. Davy, Cambridge University Press, 2002. |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
| Book, Article, Network Resources |
