EV2003:03
Environmental Economics
Townsville, Cairns
Inadmissable Subject Combination: EC2010 EC5201
26 lectures, 12 tutorials. Second semester.
Staff: Mr C MacGregor.
The natural environment in the development of economic theory; basic economic concepts relevant to environmental matters including cost-benefit analysis; environmental evaluation techniques and the pricing of resources; economic implications of changing environmental practice; the development of global economic interdependence and its implication for natural environments.
Learning Objectives:
- to provide sufficient knowledge of environmental economics to better understand: the economic and political debate on the environment; articles on the environment in publications such as the Financial Review and The Economist;
- an experience in team project work, the preparation of consultancy reports and the government approval process.
Assessment by examination (50%); projects (40%); in-tutorial quizzes (10%).
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