118-0314/02 – Environmental Economics A (EŽPA)
| Gurantor department | Department of Regional and Environmental Economics | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Marcella Šimíčková, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Marcella Šimíčková, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 2 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2006/2007 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
At the end of this course students should be able to:
- interpret the causes and economic impacts of environmental degradation
- assess the main differences between regulatory and economic instruments,
and the advantages and disadvantages of each,
- outline alternative methods for valuing non-market environmental goods and
environmental damage,
- critically evaluate the relationship between economic development and
environmental quality,
- outline the new economic approach of Ecological Economics.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Other activities
Summary
To acquaint students with the development of environmental thinking and forming environmental economics. Develop knowledge of the principles and methods optimization of the basic functions of the environment with a focus on methods of decision making and valuation of environmental goods and optimal use of natural resources. Deepen poznatkyo environmental aspects concept of sustainable development and its measurement, factors and trends that affect the real development of environmental degradation.
Compulsory literature:
HARRIS Jonathan, M., CÉSUR, Anne-Marie (2004) Macroeconomics and the Environment. Medford: GDAE.
Turner, R.K., Pearce, D., Bateman, I. (1994). Environmental Economics. An Elementary Introduction. London, Harvester Whetsheaf.
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
kontrolní otázky v rámci cvičení
test
E-learning
není využit
Other requirements
Další požadavky na studenta nejsou.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Introduction – the environment-economy interaction
Historical development of environmental economics
Economics of pollution - brief review of pollution optimization methods
Environmental decision-making and discounting the future
Modification of the cost- benefit analysis method
Measuring environmetal damage – total economic value
Measuring environmental damage – valuation approaches
The economics of natural resources – introduction, taxonomy
Economic theory of renewable natural resources – fishery
Theory of non-renewable resources extraction – recyclable
Theory of non-renewable , non-recyclable resources extraction
Environmental economics and sustainable development
Economic development and environmental protection – EKC curve
Economic growth and welfare – ISEW, GPI etc.
Sustainable development and globalization process
Limits of environmental economics and ecological economics
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction