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KNT 529 - Metropolitan Municipalities (Metropolitan Areas) Governance

Graduate Education Institute · Urbanism and Urban Transformation · Doctorate

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Serhat ANIKTAR

Course Objective

It is aimed to give information about the financial structure of the local administrations, the methods of determining the optimum service area and the criteria related to the public service and revenue sharing between the central administration and the local administrations.

Course Content

The principles of necessity of local governments, determination of optimum area in local services, sharing of services and income sources between central administration and local administrations, income sources and financial structures according to types of local administrations are included in the course.

Required Resources

LECTURE NOTES.

Recommended Resources

LECTURE NOTES.

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. sharing of services and income sources between the central administration and local governments
  2. determination of optimum area in local services
  3. Financial structure of local governments

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussion

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)15575
Out of Class Study Period5525
Midterm12020
Quiz000
Assignment11717
Practice000
Final15050

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1The emergence and development of local administrations Approaches that explain the existence of local administrations Local administrations and public servicesResearch
2Determination of optimum service area of local administrationsResearch
3Service allocation and allocation criteria between local administrations Services offered by local administrationsResearch
4Sharing the sources of income between central and local administrations The forms of income distribution in terms of taxation between the central administration and the local authoritiesResearch
5Local government income typesResearch
6Examination of local authorities in other countries A-Local authorities in the US B-Local authorities in FranceResearch
7C-local authorities in Sweden D-local authorities in Federal Germany E-local administrations in England F-local administrations in the Far EastResearch
8MidtermMidterm
9Financial Structure of Municipal AdministrationResearch
10Financial Structure of Municipal AdministrationResearch
11Financial Structure of Metropolitan Municipality AdministrationResearch
12Financial Structure of Special Provincial AdministrationResearch
13Financial Structure of Special Provincial AdministrationResearch
14Financial Structure of Village AdministrationResearch
15Financial Structure of Metropolitan Municipality AdministrationResearch
16Final examFinal exam