Area: |
School of Economics and Finance |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: |
1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
1234 (v.4) Economics 100 or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Presentation of the major elements of environmental and natural resource economics, focusing on the applications to environmental decision making - the role of economics in environmental management - economic efficiency and markets - market failure, externalities and property rights - nonrenewable and renewable resources - benefit-cost analysis - policy instruments such as taxes and tradable permits - applications of environmental economics and international environmental issues such as the economics of climate change. |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
91901 Economics |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Categorised |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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