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Global Futures: Research & Discovery
2009 Spring Semester - Course Description
Environmental Economics
CEA Partner Institution: Foundation for International Education
Location: London, EnglandPrimary Subject Area: Economics
Other Subject Area(s): Env. Sciences
Level(s): 300
Instruction in: English
Recommended Semester Credits: 3
Contact Hours: 42
Description
The protection and sustainable management of the natural environment is an area of growing concern across the globe. It is widely recognised that most environmental problems, whether small-scale or global, are the result of a complex interaction of natural processes with economic forces and decisions. This course examines the continuing conflict between market forces and environmental integrity and explains how economic theory views the relationship between economic activity and the natural world. Examples of local, regional, national, and international issues are presented and discussed. The course will give students an opportunity to develop a critical understanding of the different ways in which economic decisions, market forces, and government policies can affect environment.
By the end of the course students will be able to apply economic theory to environmental sustainability and will understand the conflict between market forces and environmental integrity. The will develop a critical understanding of the different ways in which economic decisions, market forces and government policies can affect environment. They will also develop a critical understanding of how the consumer market and business initiatives can lead a way into sustainable environments in the future.
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