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Regional and Environmental Economics

Summary

In the first part of the subject, knowledge about spatial aspects of economic
processes will be developed. Current regional-political measures in the Czech
Republic and at the level of the EU as well as the tasks of the municipalities will be discussed as well.
The second part includes an introduction in to environmental economics as a theory of environmental policy. It is focused on economical aspects of degradation of an environment and explaining of basic economic tools of environmental policy.

Literature

To part of the REGIONAL ECONOMICS
1. ARMSTRONG, H. and TAYLOR, J. Regional Economics and Policy. Third edition. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers LTD., 2000. 450 p. ISBN 0-631-21657-X .

To part of the ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
2. HARRIS, Jonathan, M. Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach. 2nd Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 978-0618496334 .

Advised literature

To part of the REGIONAL ECONOMICS
1. ČERNÁ, Ĺubice a Martina JAKÁBOVÁ. Project Cycle Management. Bratislava: Slovenská technická univerzita, 2008. 101 s. ISBN 978-80-227-2822-5.
2. HAYTER, Roger. Dynamic of Industrial Location. Chichester, New York, …: John Wiley&sons, 2000. 484 p. ISBN 0-471—97119-7.
3. STIMSON, Robert, J., Roger R. STOUGH a Brian H. ROBERTS. Regional Economic Development. Analysins and Planning Stratgy. Second Edition. New York: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. ISBN 3-540-43731-2.
4. VANHOVE, Norbert and Leo H. KLAASSEN. Regional Policy - European Approach. Avenburg, …, Gower Publisching Company Limited, 1987. ISBN 0-566-05413-2.

To part of the ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
5. FIELD, Barry, C. a Martha K. FIELD. Environmental Economics: An Introduction. 5th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009. ISBN 9780073375762.
6. TIETENBERG, Tom a Lynne LEWIS. Environmental Economics and Policy. 6th Edition. Addison-Wesley, 2009. ISBN 9780321599490 .
7. HACKETT, Steven, C. Environmental and natural resources economics: Theory,policy and the sustainable society. 2nd Edition. Armonk,, New York, London: M. E. Sharpe, 2001. ISBN 0-7656-0681-X .
8. KOOTEN van, Comelis, G. and Erwin, H. BULTE. The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets. Oxford UK: Blackwell Publisher, 2000. ISBN 0-631-21895-5.


Language of instruction čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština, čeština
Code 118-0400
Abbreviation RGENEK
Course title Regional and Environmental Economics
Coordinating department Department of Regional and Environmental Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Jan Sucháček, Ph.D.