|
Week
|
Topics
|
Study Metarials
|
|
1
|
Introduction: general concepts and definitions related to desertification
|
R4 Chapter 2
|
|
2
|
The historical development of desertification
|
R4. Chapter 1
|
|
3
|
Desertification criteria and indicators: Physical indicators
|
R2. Chapter 6
|
|
4
|
Desertification criteria and indicators: Ecological indicators
|
R2. Chapter 6
|
|
5
|
United Nations Convention to combat desertification
|
R4 Chapter 1
|
|
6
|
The cause of desertification in Turkey
|
R3. Chapter 3
R4. Chapter 4.
|
|
7
|
Desertification models: Presentation of DIS4ME model
|
R5.
|
|
8
|
Desertification models: Application of DIS4ME model
|
R5.
|
|
9
|
Desertification Modeling: Data collection
|
R5.
|
|
10
|
Desertification Modeling: Data analysis
|
R5.
|
|
11
|
Field work: Soil and vegetation sampling to determine the desertification risk
|
Field preperation
|
|
12
|
Field work: filled of desertification survey forms to determine the risk of desertification
|
Field preperation
|
|
13
|
Evaluation of the data obtained: The calculation of desertification risk
|
R5.
|
|
14
|
Submission of project prepared results of the fieldwork
|
Preperation of the presentation
|
|
Prerequisites
|
-
|
|
Language of Instruction
|
Turkish
|
|
Responsible
|
Assist. Prof. Dr. Ebru GÜL
|
|
Instructors
|
-
|
|
Assistants
|
-
|
|
Resources
|
R1. Imeson, A. 2012. Desertification, land degradation and sustainability. John Wiley & Sons.
R2. Dykes, A.P, Mulligan, M., Wainwright, J. 2015. Monitoring and Modelling Dynamic Environments. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
R3. Türkeş, M. 2012. Türkiye?de Gözlenen ve Öngörülen ?klim Değişikliği, Kuraklık ve Çölleşme, Ankara Üniversitesi Çevrebilimleri Dergisi 4(2), 1-32.
R4. ÇOB, 2005. Çölleşme ile Mücadele Türkiye Ulusal Eylem Programı. Çevre ve Orman Bakanlığı, Birleşmiş Milletler Çölleşme ile Mücadele Sözleşmesi, 111 s., Ankara.
R5. Desertification indicator system for mediterranean Europe, https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/projects/dis4me
|
|
Supplementary Book
|
SR 1. Brandt, C. J., & Thornes, J. B. 1996. Mediterranean desertification and land use. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
|
|
Goals
|
Desertification criteria and indicators, international agreements, as a dynamic process of desertification, desertification model, modeling desertification.
|
|
Content
|
It provides information about the historical development of desertification, desertification criteria and indicators (physical indicators, ecological indicators, social indicators etc.), models used in determining the risk of desertification.
|
|
Program Learning Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
|
1
|
Must learn the methods of both improving the basic sciences and engineering knowledge and obtaining new knowledges at a level of expertise
|
-
|
|
2
|
Must be able to design, develop, and apply methods and experiments at advanced level to solve forestry problems, and analyses and interpret their results
|
4
|
|
3
|
Must be able to provide solutions for the country?s forestry and environmental problems by considering global, public and ecosystem conditions
|
5
|
|
4
|
Must be able to setup interdisciplinary approach to reach an advanced solution for forestry problems
|
5
|
|
5
|
Must be able to act in an advanced level of professional ethics and responsibility during the identification and resolution of problems encountered in forestry
|
5
|
|
6
|
Must be able to do the task in a single or multi-disciplinary working groups, and be able to show effective communication
|
-
|
|
7
|
Must have the ability to effective use of both information technologies and a foreign language at an advanced level
|
-
|
|
8
|
Must be able to describe, foresee and solve the current problems in the fields of forestry and other related problems at advanced level brought by current global developments
|
5
|
|
9
|
Must be able to use the tools and techniques required for forestry applications at an advanced level
|
-
|
|
10
|
Must be able to think, interpret, analyse and synthesize forestry practices at an advanced level by using a three dimensional perspective
|
-
|
|
11
|
Must be able to research and survey any kinds of natural resources and event, and write advanced reliable reports by using the achieved findings
|
-
|
|
12
|
Must be able to understand the necessity of life-long learning at an advanced level, and to be able to use the methods that keeps obtained knowledge up date
|
5
|