School |
Institute of Environmental Sciences Bogazici University 34342 Bebek Istanbul Turkey (TR) |
Instructor(s) |
Ali Kerem Saysel Title: Associate Professor Department: Institute of Environmental Sciences Language: English Email: ali.saysel@boun.edu.tr Telephone: +90 212 3597252 Fax: +90 212 2575033 |
Course(s) |
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| Title of the course | Program | Term |
Hrs/ week |
# of students | Texts |
| Systems Modeling for Environmental Dynamics | Graduate | Fall | 3-2 | 12 |
The purpose is to introduce the basics of dynamic modeling and environmental systems with a focus on learning and management of dynamically complex environmental and resource problems. This course is legible for all students with natural sciences, engineering and social sciences backgrounds interested in managing environmental systems, systems inquiry and computer simulations. The prerequisites are undergraduate calculus and now standard computer literacy. These lectures can serve as a background for further studies in two different lines: first, for a second course on systems inquiry for the analysis and management of large scale complex socio-environmental problems (such as urban sprawl, global climate change, agricultural sustainability, epidemics, energy planning, waste management, food security, and etc.); second, for a next course on advanced modeling and analysis methods.
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| Systems Modeling for Sustainable Development | Graduate | Spring | 3-2 | 6 |
This is a series of seminars on applications of "System Dynamics Method" on various problems related to the _Sustainable Development_ concept. Sustainable Development in its popular definition is "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". In technical and operational terms it is about "inter-generational transfer of natural and manufactured capital stocks that would be adequate and no less than the one that exists now in terms of quantity and quality". System Dynamics is a simulation based systems methodology about understanding the structure and behavior of complex dynamic socio-economic systems. The dynamic, long-term and large-boundary problem orientation and
model structure conceptualization on closed loop thinking and
stock-flow concepts in System Dynamics promises the method to be a
useful approach in the analysis of social and environmental sustainability issues. |