James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2001

EC2010:03

Environmental Economics 1

Cairns

Prerequisites: 18 units of level 1 subjects
Inadmissable Subject Combination: EV2003

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:

  1. to provide students with a working knowledge of microeconomics as applied to environmental and natural resources issues;
  2. to enable students to appraise government economic policies and their impact on the environment.

Assessment by essays (30%); a three-hour formal examination (70%).