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Environmental valuation and policy 826


 
Module code LEK 826
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Module content

Environmental valuation and policy. This module will review the basic principles of microeconomic theory needed for understanding and analysis of environmental problems, introduce market and non-market techniques of valuation of natural resources and environmental services (hedonic pricing, contingent valuation, transport cost, willingness-to-pay, cost-based techniques, etc.), public goods and environmental externalities, property rights regimes and selection of appropriate environmental policy instruments for management of environmental externalities.

Module credits 15.00
Service modules Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Contact time 1 lecture per week
Language of tuition English
Academic organisation Agric Econ, Ext + Rural Dev
Period of presentation Semester 2

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