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Course Details |
Fees and Dates
| Offered By: |
Environmental Management and Development Program |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Environmental Management & Development |
| Offered in: |
Second Semester, 2008 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
This course is designed to provide students with specialist skills used to gather, integrate and interpret information useful to the Environmental Decision Making process. It builds upon the knowledge of environmental and resource management tools covered in EMDV 8102 Tools and Processes for Environmental and Resource Management. The skills provided include: cost-benefit analysis, contingent valuation, choice modeling, travel cost analysis, hedonic methods, bio-economic modelling, social surveying, risk and uncertainty integration. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
Major project (30%), mid-term exam (25%), final exam (35%), problem sets (10%) |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Environmental Studies |
| Prescribed Texts: |
Prescribed Text: Garrod, G. and Willis, K.G., 1999. Economic Valuation of the Environment: Methods and case studies. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. Recommended reading includes: Loomis, J. and Helfard, G., 2001. Environmental Policy Analysis for Decision Making. Kluwer, Dordrecht. Hanley, N. and Spash, C.L., 1993. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham. |
| Programs: |
Master of Environmental Management and Development, Master of Environmental and Resource Economics, Master of Environmental and Resource Economics, and Master of International and Development Economics |
| Academic Contact: |
Professor Jeff Bennett |
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