| Forest & Landscape | |||||||||||||||||
| Earliest Possible Year | |||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1 semester | ||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 24 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Level | MSc | ||||||||||||||||
| Examination | oral examination Aid allowed Description of Examination: 13-point scale, external examiner Oral examination and project report (oral examination: 50%; project report: 50%) | ||||||||||||||||
| Organisation of Teaching | 4/5 of the semester | ||||||||||||||||
| Block Placement | F SUP Tuesdays and Thursdays. | ||||||||||||||||
| Teaching Language | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Optional Prerequisites | 095741 045921 085818 | ||||||||||||||||
| Course Objectives | |||||||||||||||||
| Assuming that the participants already have a comprehensive understanding of environmental and natural resource economics, it is the objective of this course to provide opportunities to apply this knowledge to specific environmental and natural resource policy problems. In addition, the course will offer students insights into the political decision-making process leading to the choice of environmental policy instruments. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Contents | |||||||||||||||||
| There is an increasing emphasis on the use of economic instruments in environmental policy making. Likewise, economic valuation and cost-benefit analysis are becoming integrated in the assessment of nature policy programmes and projects. However, in practice there is an array of problems associated with the use of the analytical tools and instruments recommended by environmental and natural resource economics. It is important, therefore, that students are confronted with the kind of obstacles the analyst will encounter when applying these tools. Through project work students will be familiarized with applied analysis of environmental problems. Project work can be based on a range of cases related to environmental and natural resource management issues, such as: the use of economic instrument to control non-point sources of pollution (e.g. nitrogen fertilizer and pesticides); regulation of international environmental problems; economic valuation and cost-benefit analysis of environmental projects; development and marketing of green products; transfer of environmental technology to developing countries; etc. | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching And Learning Methods | |||||||||||||||||
| Teaching is in the form of lectures, seminars and tutoring in relaion to project work. Lectures and seminars will be devoted partly to theoretical and methodological issues and partly to the presentaton of applied analyses The latter will be given primarily by guest lecturers from ministries, agencies and consultants. Project work is conducted in groups of up to 4 participants. Projects are based on the analysis of subjects/cases chosen by students in collaboration with a teacher. Each group will present its findings in seminars during the semester. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Reading list will be provided. | |||||||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||||||
| Alex Dubgaard, adu@life.ku.dk, Institute of Food and Resource Economics/Environmental Economics and Rural Development Div., Phone: 35332280 | |||||||||||||||||
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