ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
cod. 1003982

Academic year 2015/16
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Paolo FABBRI
Academic discipline
Economia applicata (SECS-P/06)
Field
Economico
Type of training activity
Characterising
42 hours
of face-to-face activities
6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Learning objectives

a) Knowledge and Understanding

The course aims to provide knowledge of the compatibility and interaction between economy and environment, in particular as regards the use of common resources and sustainable development. The approach starts by widening the notion of "economic system" to understand those parts traditionally excluded in economics textbooks, due to the non-applicability of market mechanism.

b) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding

The aim of the course is to equip the student to solid theoretical tools in order to analyze the complex relationships of the economic system with its environment, including the social relations and collective preferences in relation to environmental values. This will allow the student to manage in their working and professional life the increasingly strict environmental standards.

c) Making judgments

The object of the course is to provide tools for independent judgment regarding the interpretation and management of economic facts that go beyond the mainstream micro and macro textbooks.

d) Communication skills

This course is designed to provide suggestions and ideas for many issues widely discussed in various institutional and organizational levels.

e) Learning skills

The course aims to provide the analytical tools to engage critically with the complex picture of environmental issues in the global economy

Prerequisites

Basic elements of micro- and macroeconomics

Course unit content

1. Economy and environment: two parts of a whole
2. Natural resources and market failure
3. Willingness to pay and Cost Struccture
4. Efficiency and Sustainability.
5. Public Policy for Natural Resources.
6. Analysis and Evaluation of Natural Resources.
7. The policy of sustainable resources management
8. Economic models of natural resources
9. Non-renewable resources: measuring the economic value and exploitation
10.Renewable resources models: fresh water management and exploitation

Full programme

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Bibliography

Barry c. Field, NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS, An Introduction. Waveland Press Inc., 2008

Teaching methods

Lectures and discussions
Reading, analysis and presentation in a workgroup, from recent literature.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final exam is written. There are three open questions, with similar weight, with a time limit of one hour.

- Making judgements and Communication and Learning skills
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One question deals with theoretical or empirical topics in broad terms, the other concerns an in-depth study labelled in the syllabus as box. Answers must be rigorous, pertinent and complete, because the aim is to show that a good understanding has been achieved.
Workgroup for attending students will be weighted as 10/30, and 20/30 will be marked for written exam. All other candidates will be weighetd on 20/30 marks

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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