Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Syllabus

Lecture 1: Introduction to Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Lecture 2: Growing Population and Economic Growth

Lecture 3: Property Rights and Market Failure

Lecture 4: Pollution

Lecture 5: Global Warming

Exam 1: (Essay Exam or Multiple Choice Exam)

Lecture 6: Non-Renewable Resources

Lecture 7: Waste Disposal and Recycling

Lecture 8: Energy Economics

Lecture 9: Alternative Energy and Green Technologies

Lecture 10: Renewable Resources – Forests and Fisheries

Lecture 11: Water Scarcity and Water Pollution

Lecture 12: Sustainability and the Future

Exam 2: (Essay Exam or Multiple Choice Exam)