Courses of Department of Forestry Engineering 825503 Project Appraisal in Forestry (3,0,0) 3 Criteria for accepting or rejecting investment pojects. Project appraisal criteria in microeconomics; net present value, internal rate of return, benefit/cost ratio, payback period methods. Ranking investment projects from best to worst. National investment projects appraisal criteria. 825512 Valuing Nonmarket Forest Products (3,0,0) 3 Why value nonmarket benefits. Decision without monetary values: annualising cost of nonmarket outputs method, the simple betterness method, and minimum first year's benefits method. Recration demand curves and values. Consumer surplus and relative size of output change. Average consumer surples. The travel cost model. Use values and non-use values.
825514 Foresty in World Economy (3,0,0) 3 World forest resources, wood production trends and prospects, forest plantations, global environment issues, tropical deforestation, global warming and forestry. Social forestry and agroforestry. International trade; trade and the environment, unfair competition, income distribution and national security. Wood products trade. 825515 Forestry Policy Formulation (3,0,0) 3 Policy and forest policy, the importance of forest policy. Who determines forest policy; governmental authorities or bodies, interest groups, political parties, mass media. The policy environment; ecological factors, economical factors, state of knowledge, policies in other related sectors, legislation, governmental priorities and commitments, social and cultural influences, objectives, organisations and structure in relation to policy. 825516 Social Analysis in Forestry (3,0,0) 3 The nature and role of social analysis in forestry planning. Social development in rural areas. Social characteristics of rural areas. Social dimensions of rural areas planning. The concept of social planning. Methods of social analysis collecting and using social data. Formulating social policy assessing social costs and benefits. Participatory planning. 825518 Natural Regeneration Methods (2,2,0) 3 Stand characteristics which affects success of natural regeneration. Status of litter and weed. Relations between regeneration and climatic factors. Silvicultural properties and regeneration techniques of native important forest trees. 825521 Reforestation in Arid and Semi-arid Areas (2,2,0) 3 Properties of arid and semi-arid regions. Arid and semi-arid regions in Turkey. Reforestation techniques in arid and semi-arid regions. Reforestation of karsts. 825526 The Dynamics of Rural Poverty (3,0,0) 3 What is rural poverty? The incidence of rural poverty. The characteristics of rural poverty. Inequality of income distribution. Development policies and rural poverty. Anti-poverty development strategies. Participation of the rural poor in development and other policy measures. 825532 Watershed Amelioration (2,2,0) 3 Erosion, sedimentation, general knowledge about torrent and overflowing, formation and progress of river basin, precautions, sediment dams, amelioration of slopes, terraces, drainage, water, soil, vegetation, land use, land classification, landslide, avalanche and damage of
avalanche, preparing of amelioration projects, prior researchs, technic constructions, economical analyse. Courses of Department of Soil Science 823562 Soil and Water Conservation Techniques (2,2,0)3 Turkey's land resources, their problems and methods for solution, mechanics of water and wind erosion, measures for erosion control; soil management, vegetative and mechanical methods, soil as an important factor at regional land use planning, economics of soil and water conservation, soil erosion and environment relations. 823565 Geographic Information Systems in Soil Science (2,2,0)3 Definition of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), raster and vector data properties, soil maps and preparing soil data base of the soil maps, role and importance of the GIS on sustainable use of natural resources, uses of digital soil maps in pollution and erosion modeling studies, GIS in soil and water management studies, uses of advanced GIS sofware such as Arc View, Arc Info, Grass Land. 823566 Remote Sensing in Soil Science (2,2,0)3 Principles and fundamentals of remoto sensing, diferent satellite date resources and their characteristic properties, integration and uses of digital geographic data and satellite data, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in remote sensing sutudies, using Erdas Imagine software for error correction and registration, image analyzing, image enhancement and edge detection, image classification and interpretation. 823567 Bioremediation Principles of Soil Pollution (2,2,0)3 The soil environment, advantages and disadvantages of bioremediation, factors influencing bioremediation, sources of contamination, fate and transport of contaminants, biotransformation of organic compounds, biotransformationof ions and compounds, current bioremediation practices, bioremediation systems and processes, in situ treatment, solid phase bioremediation, bioreactors, biodegradation of selected compounds, bioremediation of hydrocarbons, biodegradation of metals. 823568 Soil Quality (3,0,0)3 Soil quality concept, quantitative determination of soil quality, sustainable land management, relation and interaction of soil quality with conservation farming, sustainable agriculture, and ecological farming, quality index, impacts of irrigation and erosion on soil productivity and quality, buffer zones and wetlands, spatial and temporal variations, ecological, social and economic impacts, soil compaction, soil crust, soil aeration, soil temperature, infiltration, aggregation, cover crops, interpreting soil reclemation index and monitoring soil organic matter changes, crop rotations, biodiversity at farms. 823569 Land Degradation (3,0,0)3 Ecological and human activity related functions of solids, relationship with the biophysical properties and land degradation, functions of soils in climate changes and soils as carbon sinks, agricultural land degradation causes, removal or overexploitation of natural vegetation, erosion, landslide, salinization, acidification, alkalinization, pollution, eutrophication, degradation standards, filling-excavation losses, physical deteriorations, methods for prevention of land degradation, irreversible and high cost land degradation, degradation types eliminated with good management practices.
804545 Eutrophication Problems in Lakes (2, 0, 0) 2 Introduction of Eutrophication, Environmental factors (Physical, Chemical, Biological) causing eutrophication ecological changes caused by eutrophication, Eutrophication problems and their control through chemical, biological and mechanical methods. 804579 Secondary Plant Metabolites (2, 0, 2) 3 Compounds in passive defence: Postinfectional inhibitors. Shikimic acid derivatives; Phenols, lignans. Shikimate- Polymalonate route; naphtoquinones, N-cotaining aromatics. Tricarboxylic asid cycle derivatives. Acetate-Polymalonat route, Fatty acid derivaties. Mevalonic acid derivatives; Terpenes and steroids. Compounds in induced resistance; Postinfectional inhibitörs. Phytoalexins and their elicitors. Metabolism of phytoalexins and toxins, detoxification of their.importance for pathogenicity and practical implications. 804586 Incompatibility and Fertilization in Angiosperms (2, 0, 2) 3 Morphological and anatomical structures of stigma and style, molecular structure and cytology of pollen tube, pollen-pistil interaction. Role of pollen in fertilization and seed setting, pollen sterility. Double fertilization, singamy and types of singamy. Gametophytic and sporophytic self-incompatibility, the genetic basis of self-incompatibility, molecular aspects of natural and induced incompatibility, cytoplasmic and nuclear male sterility.
804592 Modern Biomass Energy as a Core of Sustainable Development (2,0,0) 2 Sustainable development (SD) concept and its elements; Short history of developments leading to WSSD 2002; Clean development mechanisms (CDM), carbon and emission trade, renewable energy as SD elements; WEHAB strategy of UN in WSSD 2002; World's biomass energy (BME) potential; Classical and modern BME topics in IPCC, Kyoto Protocol and WSSD; International and national organizations, strategies and plans on BME production and consumption; Environmental and ecelogical impacts of energy plant culture; Energy plant cultivation at infertile, abandoned and desertified land; Beneficial effects on carbon sequestration, soil remediation, ecosystem protection and restoration, biodiversity protection; Socio-economic benefits of BME; Various BME production processes; Some selected scientific reports and commercial applications of energy cultivation and BME applications. 804592 Modern Biomass Energy as a Core of Sustainable Development (2,0,0) 2 Sustainable development (SD) concept and its elements; Short history of developments leading to WSSD 2002; Clean development mechanisms (CDM), carbon and emission trade, renewable energy as SD elements; WEHAB strategy of UN in WSSD 2002; World's biomass energy (BME) potential; Classical and modern BME topics in IPCC, Kyoto Protocol and WSSD; International and national organizations, strategies and plans on BME production and consumption; Environmental and ecelogical impacts of energy plant culture; Energy plant cultivation at infertile, abandoned and desertified land; Beneficial effects on carbon sequestration, soil remediation, ecosystem protection and restoration, biodiversity protection; Socio-economic benefits of BME; Various BME production processes; Some selected scientific reports and commercial applications of energy cultivation and BME applications. 804599 Numerical Taxonomy (3,0,0) 3 Basic principles in Numerical Taxonomy; basic definitions, taxonomy, classification, definition of taxonomic characters and how to chose taxonomic characters. Estimation of taxonomic (OTU, Operational Taxonomic Unit) resembience among taxons, determination of clusters among taxonomic units, constructing dendrogram of the phenetic relationships and the computer package programs in numerical taxonomy: NTSYS, MVSP, SYN-TAX, SAAP run with the dummy data.
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819507 Agricultural Marketing Research (3,0,0)3 Data and information collection methods, sampling, planning of marketing researches, research models and experimental designs, marketing decision making and certainty, decision making under the risk and uncertainty, bayesian decision making analysis, parametric and non-parametric hypothesis testing, the measurement in marketing researches and measurements, the intercourse of the cause and the end and measurement of this. 819508 Principles of Econometrics (3,0,0)3 Definition and concept of econometrics, steps of econometric research, mathematical models, matrix algebra, coefficients of rank correlation and partial correlation, classical linear regression model, statistical problems which are met at linear regression models (multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation), econometric models with more than one equation, structural models and reduced forms, determination problem, simultaneous equation models (indirect least-squares method, two stage least-squares method), test of significance of an estimated model. 819518 Business Management and Organization (3,0,0)3 The concept of business, manager, enterprise and entrepreneur, choice of professions and manager, market conditions, size of business, choice of location, types of organizations and legal structures of business, planning and budget models, financing policies and analysis related with the financial structure, sources of capital, bank credits, types of stock and bonds, relationships between managers and employees.
819528 Production Functions Applied to Agriculture (3,0,0)3 Definition and concept of production, production inputs, outputs, production system, production techniques, definition and concept of production function, table of input-output, isoquant curves, the rate of optimal input combination, production relationships between one or more than one input, replacement rate, equation models fitted with production function (linear function, nonlinear functions (spillman function, quadratic equation model, cubic linkage, square equation model, semi-logarithmic linkage, logarithmic linkage, transcendental production function. CES production function, Cobb-Douglas production function)), marginal value analysis, cost function.
819533 Agricultural Cooperative Management (3,0,0)3 Definitions, brief information related to the cooperative movement, relations with other disciplines, cooperative principles, differences between cooperative enterprises and institutions (firms, foundations, associations etc.), goals of cooperative, functions of management, legal organizations and establishment formalities, size of enterprises, selection of establishment place, management, production, accounting, finance, marketing, revenue and distribution of profit, research and development activities. 819535 Environmental Economics (3,0,0)3 Natural resources, environment and economics relationships, decision- making process and the environment, environmental degradation and economic activities, business and environmental liabilities, content and calssification natural resources, economists'
approaches towards to the natural resources and the environment, sustainable development and free market environmentalism, property rights, private and public goods, market failure and externalities, pollution economics, polluter pays and user pays principles, instruments for pollution control and efficiency measurement of costs and benefits of pollution control methods of environmental valuation, cost/benefit analysis, cost effectiveness analysis and environmental impact analysis, accounting of natural resources, case studies in the field of agriculture and environmental enonomics. 819538 Rural Industry and Economy of Small Entrepreneurship (3,0,0) 3 Content and description of rural industry, Production branches of rural industry Necessity and importance of rural industry for Turkey, Potential of rural industry in Turkey, Inventory of rural industry in level of regional and subreğional, Importance of agricultural sector in rural industry applying, Rural industry applying in Turkey and World, Using of local resource in rural industry, What is small entrepreneurship, Characteristics of small entrepreneurship, guide of small entrepreneurship, Services of advisership in rural industry and small entrepreneurship, Effecttiveness in rural industry and small entrepreneurship, Local organisation for using rural resource, Importance of rural industry and small entrepreneurship in rural development. 819540 Expropriation Techniques and The Principles of Valuation (3,0,0) 3 Definition, scope and background of expropriation concept, expropriation process and terms of expropriation, social and economic aspects of expropriation, expropriation techniques: expropriation process, public interest and authorities who decide the public interest, preparatory transactions, evaluation and expropriation in registered and unregistered land, comparison of approaches to expropriation and resettlement issues in Turkey and international institutions (such as World Bank), expropriation process in respect of private ownership, rental and public land (meadow, forest and costal area etc.), expropriation methods, valuation in expropriation: valuation methods defined in the constitution and laws and their implementations, purchasing procedure and valuation (role of valuation and reconciliation commissions), total and partial expropriation and valuation, valuation in establishment of the easement rights, urgent expropriation and valuation, valuation of crops, trees and assets in confiscation without expropriation and evacuation of the immovable property, valuation in expropriation through barter, valuation in free-of-charge use and transfer of immovable property between administrations, rights of users (rental, crop-sharing systems and squatters) and compensation, abstention from expropriation and withdrawal and payment of the value of expropriation, valuation of losses occurred in properties, valuation in resettlement process, expertise in expropriation process and evaluation of implementations, essentials of monitoring, controlling and evaluation of administrations' expropriation process, impacts analysis of expropriations: comparative analysis of household farm and total income pre and post expropriation periods, theoretic and practical examination of impacts of expropriation on access to income sources. 819541 Rural Property Valuation and Expertising (3,0,0) 3 Basic concepts: movable and immovable (real estate) properties, value concept and approaches of economists' to value concept, relationship between price, value, cost and valuation, rural and urban real estate markets: characteristics, data sources, data gathering, analysis and evaluation, real estate valuation: market value (sale comparisons), cost, income capitalizations and quantitative (stochastic) valuation methods, implementation of valuation methods: legal regulations, characteristics of
properties, market conditions and effects of available data on the selection of valuation methods, implementation of valuation: valuation in purchase, loan, expropriation, insurance, land consolidation and agrarian reform, determination of property income and rent, losses on property, temporary occupation, compensation for injustice occupation, inheritance issues, valuation for sales of public property, privatization, nationalization etc purposes, valuation procedures and descriptions for farmland, urban land and buildings, determination and updating of land value indices, preparation and interpretation of value maps, implementation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in valuation process, difficulties and main problems of real estate valuation implementation in Turkey, valuation and expertising: terms of experts and their characteristics, valuation principles of experts, essentials of experts and investigation: selection of experts, exploration and reporting process, expertising problems, investigation of expert report and gathering evidences, common mistakes and deficiencies of expertising, uniform standards and quality for valuation and expertising, structural organization of valuation implementation, real estate appraisers and their implementations.