CE50270: Environmental economics, politics and management
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | EXOB 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Evaluate tools for steering environmental economics and environmental politics.
- Generate and apply economic models for economy - resource - pollution relationships
- Identify key parameters in the presentation of environmental indices and critically evaluate environmental reports.
- Assess the impact of national and international policy approaches and legislation to control environmental pollution and resource use
- Predict future environmental and resource challenges and propose creative, sustainable solutions.
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| Synopsis: | You will apply your knowledge of traditional and advanced environmental, economic, and political concepts and models to a range of environmental engineering applications. You will consider the impact of economic, legislative and political steering tools upon the protection of the environment and natural resources.
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| Content: | - Introduction to environmental economics & politics
- Markets and the environment
- Market incentives for environmental protection
- Conflicts and co-operation: strategic interactions
- Environmental risk management
- Economics of non-renewable natural resources
- Economics of renewable resources: Fishes & Forestry
- Economics of sustainability, climate change and biodiversity
- Energy and the environment
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| Course availability: |
CE50270 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Chemical Engineering
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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