I.                   PREREQUISTS:

None.

II.                TEXTBOOK:

Handouts will be given to students on

weekly basis.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

None specific. (Updated Web sources will be used)

III.             COURSE OBJECTIVES:   

The aim of this Course, is to teach students how to obtain and use environmental & cultural profile instruments through GIS techniques. Cultural impact on spatial organizations and the use of environmental & cultural inventories in Urban Planning will also be discussed.

IV.       COURSE OUTLINE:                      

WEEK 1,2,3,4

Conceptualizations on Environmental & Cultural Inventories and related implementations in general. Social & economic factors, urban values

WEEK 5,6,7,8

Model of Cultural Structure. Signs, norms, values, basic assumptions.

WEEK 9

Mid – Term Examination

WEEK 10,11,12

GIS techniques to obtain Environmental & Cultural Profiles

WEEK 13

General discussion.

WEEK 14

Mid – Term Examination.

V.        GRADING:

Two Mid Term axaminations will be averaged and affect the grade by 50 %. Final exam will be the 50 % of the resulting grade.