This course provides an overview of the principles of environmental economics and their application in policies, planning, and resource management. It integrates environmental management and economic theory within a framework of sustainable development. You'll learn fundamental economic concepts and then apply them in environmental valuation, cost-benefit, and climate mitigation contexts. Who knew that market failure could be so much fun? Carbon tax or emissions trading? You'll know.
Course detail
- Antirequisite
- ENS700
- Semester of offer Subject to change
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- Sunshine Coast: Semester 1
- Moreton Bay: Semester 1
- Units
- 12.00
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution band
- Band 2
- Tuition fee
- 3.2: Science, Engineering, Environmental Studies
- Census date
- Academic Calendar
- Class timetable
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Course outline
ENS300 Course Outline Semester 1, 2021 (PDF 81KB)
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