The purpose of this course is to introduce current topics and methods in Environmental Economics. The course covers topics such as pressing environmental and natural resource issues and possible solutions in terms of choices, tradeoffs, and scarcity, i.e. This course provides economic principles and tools that are used to mitigate pollution, climate change and the use of renewable natural resources such as forests and fisheries, as well as the problem of managing non-renewable resources.
A multi-disciplinary approach will be adopted in the analysis of the relationships between economic growth and the environment. Throughout the course, we will be discussing the real world environmental problems such as pollution, climate change, water policy, conservation and natural resource management in the developed and developing world.
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
Introduction: Development of environmental thinking in economics
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
2. Week
Alternative definitions and measurements of sustainability
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
5. Week
Environmental Valuation
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
6. Week
Environmental Valuation
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
7. Week
Public Policies for Natural Resources and the Environment
Market Failures (externalities)/ The Coase Theorem
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
8. Week
Midterm
exam
9. Week
Midterm
exam
10. Week
Economic Efficiency, Benefits and Costs
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
11. Week
The Political Ecologies of Minerals, Forests and Water, Land Use and Energy
Presentation and active participation inclass discussion
12. Week
Presentations
Student group presentations
13. Week
Presentations
Student group presentations
14. Week
Presentations
Student group presentations
15. Week
Final
exam
16. Week
Final
exam
17. Week
Assessments
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Quantity
Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
1
10
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
30
Attendance
1
10
Final Exam
1
50
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To identify and use theoretical and practical knowledge in International Relations.
PO-2
To express ideas and assessments about contemporary debates in International Relations.
PO-3
To acknowledge ethical and scientific responsibilities of data collection, evaluation and publication.
PO-4
To monitor and interpret published studies in International Relations.
PO-5
To use a second language at an intermediate level.
PO-6
To analyze, compare and relate different local, regional and global developments in International Relations.
PO-7
To analyze, compare and relate International Relations with theories and practices of different associate departments and their sub-fields and to offer suggestions by combining these fields.
PO-8
To present substantial knowledge for various public, private and academic career positions.
PO-9
To analyze the emergence and functions of prominent regional and local actors and to make future projections about their actions.
PO-10
To theoretically and practically examine different events and facts in International Relations and Foreign Policy and to interpret their past, present, and future through a scientific perspective.
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
explains the ecological, economic and social dimensions of sustainable development as well as the concept of strong and weak sustainability
LO-2
sets the connection between natural resource use, planetary boundaries, economic growth and sustainable development
LO-3
formulates economic explanations for environmental problems
LO-4
evaluates the possibilities and limitations of environmental economic valuation methods
LO-5
interprets different approaches and methods in environmental valuation
