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Terminated in academic year 2000/2001
Environmental Economics
| Type of study | - |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 118-0904/00 |
| Abbreviation | ENVIRO |
| Course title | Environmental Economics |
| Coordinating department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics |
| Course coordinator | doc. Ing. Magdaléna Drastichová, Ph.D. |
Course aims
After completing the course, students will be able to:
• explain the theoretical basis of economic instruments for environmental policy problems of their practical applications and their advantages in comparison with quantitative tools of regulation,
• summarize the criteria and methods for deciding on the optimal use of the basic features of the environment,
• clarify the nature of the concept of sustainable development and interrelationship of environmental, social and economic development,
• define the limits of environmental economics and alternative approaches to the use of natural resources and sustainable development,
• justify institutional development as a prerequisite to sustainable development,
• identify positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and sustainable development.
• explain the theoretical basis of economic instruments for environmental policy problems of their practical applications and their advantages in comparison with quantitative tools of regulation,
• summarize the criteria and methods for deciding on the optimal use of the basic features of the environment,
• clarify the nature of the concept of sustainable development and interrelationship of environmental, social and economic development,
• define the limits of environmental economics and alternative approaches to the use of natural resources and sustainable development,
• justify institutional development as a prerequisite to sustainable development,
• identify positive and negative impacts of globalization on the environment and sustainable development.
Literature
Advised literature
DALY, H. E., COBB, J. B. (1994). For the common good. Redirecting the economy towards community, the environment and a sustainable future. London: Green Print.
LOMBORG, B.(2001). The Skeptical Environmentalist. Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge University Press..
TIETENBERG, T.H.: Environmental Economics and Policy. 4th Edition. Addison
Weasley 2003.
TIETENBERG, T.H.: Environmental and Natural Ressource Economics. Addison
Weasley 2005.
LOMBORG, B.(2001). The Skeptical Environmentalist. Measuring the Real State of the World. Cambridge University Press..
TIETENBERG, T.H.: Environmental Economics and Policy. 4th Edition. Addison
Weasley 2003.
TIETENBERG, T.H.: Environmental and Natural Ressource Economics. Addison
Weasley 2005.