- Course Code :
ECO 206
- Level :
Undergraduate
- Course Hours :
3.00
Hours
- Department :
Department of Economics
Instructor information :
Area of Study :
This course focuses on the relationship between the environment and the economic behavior of individuals and groups using microeconomic analytical tools. It includes a clear definition on environmental economics; it also introduces different methods of project impact on the environment with a special focus on cost-benefit analysis technique. It highlights the concepts of: externalities, standards, as well as different environmental policy techniques by governments with a special regard on the Egyptian case.
Course Goals:
• Define Environmental Economics and its related topics.
• Teach the students the relationship between economics and the environment.
• Teach students how to use the tools of economic analysis to study environmental issues.
• Familiarize students with cost-Benefit analysis.
• Introduce students to major global environmental issues, and agreements.
• Acquaint students with the Egyptian stance on different Environmental concerns and Policies.
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This branch of science tries to shed light on the relationship between the environment and the economic behavior of individuals and groups using microeconomic analytical tools. It includes a clear definition on environmental economics; it also introduces different methods of project impact on the environment with a special focus on cost-benefit analysis technique. It highlights the concepts of: externalities, standards, as well as different environmental policy techniques by governments with a special regard on the Egyptian case.
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Books:
Periodicals :
1. Designing Policy to Influence Consumers, Available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco/pdf/RealWorld_Briefing1Overall.pdf
2. Frank Wijen and Rob van Tulder, Integrating Environmental and International Strategies in a World of Regulatory Turbulence, California Management Review, Vol. 53, No. 4, Summer 2011.
3. P. Elefsiniotis and D. G. Wareham, “ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards: Their Relation to Sustainability”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, July 2005.
Web Sites :
1. Gerald Shively and Marta Galopin, An Overview of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Available at: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/staff/shively/COURSES/AGEC406/reviews/bca.htm
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