EV2003:03
Introduction to Environmental Economics
| Townsville, Cairns | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 24 hours tutorials. Semester 2.
Staff: Dr E Gyuris (Townsville campus); Dr P Griggs (Cairns campus).
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 (40%); group project (30%); essay (30%).