EC2010:03
Environmental Economics 1
Cairns
Prerequisites: 18 units of level 1 subjects
26 lectures, 26 tutorials. First semester.
Staff: Dr R Aderolili.
Economics and the environment; causes of environmental degradation; decision-making and the environment; economic policies for the environment; economics of natural resources.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide students with a working knowledge of microeconomics as applied to environmental and natural resources issues;
- to enable students to appraise government economic policies and their impact on the environment.
Assessment by essays (30%); a three-hour formal examination (70%).
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