Undergraduate Course: Natural Resource and Environmental Economics (ECNM10022)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Economics |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Economics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
Gordon Hughes is a leading 'practitioner', who runs an economics consultancy and travels the world advising on natural resource, environmental and other issues. As he is in Edinburgh at weekends between travel commitments, the course will be taught mostly on Mondays 0900-0950. Class members are notified by email when classes will be held. Note that since there may be some irregularity of classes this places a premium on good time-management skills and flexibility/adaptability, in comparison to more standard weekly classes. The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the substantial amount of work on environmental and natural resource economics, which has been carried out over the past decade. The course covers a major area of applied welfare economics, which will build on the material introduced in Economics 2 and Topics in Economic Analysis 1 and show how economics can contribute to policy formulation on a range of topics that are generating increasing public concern. Topics covered include: renewable resources; fisheries and forests; replenishable resources; water; non-renewable resources; mining and energy; externalities and environmental policy; air pollution; water pollution; sustainable development, urban and industrial growth, rural growth and natural resource management; regional and global environmental issues. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 09:00 - 10:50 | | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | | 16:10 - 18:00 |
| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 16:10 - 18:00, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower, Rm 2.12 |
| Additional information |
1 x 2 hour lecture per week, students are notified by email in advance whether to attend the Friday/Monday session each week. |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | 16 sides | |
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
Week 1, Friday, 16:10 - 17:00, Zone: Central. Appleton Tower Lecture Theatre 5 |
| Additional information |
1 x 2 hour lecture per week, students are notified by email in advance whether to attend the Friday/Monday session each week. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| "After successful completion of this course students should have acquired an understanding of the analytical and practical foundations of the economics of natural resource and environment management with particular emphasis on policy analysis and the choices that must be made between competing objectives. They should be familiar with the techniques of evaluating non-market outcomes, the design and application of policy instruments, the relationship between local, regional and global aspects of natural resource and environment problems, and the application of economic models to complex systems. In the course assessment, students are required to demonstrate skills in understanding and using standard economic analysis together with the application of analytical concepts to practical economic problems." |
Assessment Information
2,500 word essay (40%)
2 hour degree examination (60%)
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
Essay (40%)
Two x 1500 word essays (60%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Gordon Hughes
Tel: (0131 6)50 8358
Email: Gordon.Hughes@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Dawn Mcmanus
Tel: (0131 6)50 8361
Email: Dawn.McManus@ed.ac.uk |
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