Undergraduate Course: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (VETS10041)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The pressures on natural resources are particularly pertinent within the agri-food context. In developing countries changing climates have led to pressures on water and soil resource availability. Further ambitions to meet growing nutritional requirements may lead to intensification of systems which have future pressures on the maintenance of these natural resources. Examining these issues through an economic lens provides an approach to understanding how agri-food supply chains incentives and disincentives the protection of natural resources to meet sustainable development goals. |
| Course description |
This course will provide an economic approach to understanding management of soil, water with wider climate dialogues for sustainable development in both developing and developed agri-food supply chains. The economics of climate change mitigation and adaptation will be introduced alongside methods to appraise optimal adaptation pathways. The course will discuss potential synergies and trade-offs between mitigation and adaptation and make reference to food security in the light of natural resource economics.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically evaluate the role of natural resources in agricultural economic development;
- Appraise the efficiency of several interventions to mitigate climate change effects within agri-food supply chains;
- Analyse approaches that can be used to appraise climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, and the limitations of the approaches.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Outlook and engagement through tackling globally and locally relevant topics around climate and natural resources management
Effective and pro-active individuals, through discussion and argument based tutorials and assessment for evaluating opportunities for intervention at a global or local level
Research and enquiry, through the use of topical issues and latest scientific and policy thinking on environmental and natural resource economics.
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jonathan Hillier
Tel: (0131 6)51 7300
Email: Jonathan.Hillier@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)51 7454
Email: Gordon.Littlejohn@ed.ac.uk |
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