DESIGNING THE CURRICULUM FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY ABROAD: Sustainability Studies in Turkey

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Passport to Change: Designing Academically Sound, Culturally Relevant, Short-Term, Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

Publication Date

1-1-2023

Abstract

On a sunny June day, students and faculty from Roger Williams University (RWU) gathered at Istanbul Bilgi University, situated at the confluence of Alibeyköy and the Kagithane rivers, at the headwaters of the Golden Horn (Haliç). The purpose of the site visit was to initiate the discussion of sustainability issues related to the reclamation of the Haliç, a once highly contaminated urban estuary.

First Page

93

Last Page

109

DOI

10.4324/9781003446286-8

ISBN

9781000975864,9781620365472

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