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Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Dr Alan Atkins
Contact: Three hours of lectures and tutorials a week for one semester.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the subject students should:
- understand the main concepts and theory underlying environmental economics and learn to apply selected techniques to evaluate economic aspects of environmental problems in public decision-making;
- gain insights and skills in environmental impact valuation, including project appraisal techniques useful for urban planning and landscape architecture projects.
Content:
Concepts and techniques in environmental economics and social choice mechanisms. Review of microeconomic theory and outline of analytical welfare economics relevant to environmental policy and evaluation. Benefit-cost analysis and related project evaluation techniques in theory and practice; their application to environmental and resource management; the scope and limitations of valuation methods. An introduction to the economics of conservation and natural resource management.
Assessment:
A mid-semester take-home test written assignments totalling not more than 6,000 words, and one two-hour examination.
Prescribed texts:
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning (Volume 4 page 44)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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