ENV408: Environmental Economics 6 credits (40-10-10)

Objectives

To examine the economics of natural resource management laying emphasis on sustainability and the functions of regulatory bodies.

Contents

Fundamental concepts; principles and problems of environmental economics; The powers and functions of regulatory authorities in relation to the economic exploitation of land and other resources; Natural resources economics and land use policy of environmental economics; Environmental consumerism; Environmental considerations which form an integral and essential part of sustainable national and international economic development.