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ENV201: Introduction to Environmental Economics
This unit is designed to provide students with an introductory exposure to environmental economics. In addition to dwelling on the key concepts, tools and methods used in environmental economics, the course provides an understanding as to why it is crucial to incorporate the environment as a factor of production in our economy, what the key challenges are in doing so and how effective the available policy instruments are. Several topics such as the economics of climate change, economics of land use development and urban planning, sustainable development, etc. will be covered in order to highlight the role environmental economics plays in addressing contemporary societal challenges. The emphasis of this course is also on helping students develop a set of basic analytical and mathematical tools that could be used to assess and derive practical policy recommendations. The course builds on several real case studies that provide students with a hands-on introduction to basic cost-benefit analysis (using Excel) involving future discounting and uncertainty.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 3 |
| When Offered: | D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Ram Ranjan |
| Prerequisites: |
12cp |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | GSE200 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Environment and Geography |
| People or Planet: | People |
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