2009 Course Handbook
LAW856: Environmental Economics
The unit examines the role of the natural environment as an integral component of the economic system. Topics include trade-offs between environmental quality and economic growth, market failure due to environmental quality, the valuation of environmental goods and services and the formulation of environmental policies. The introduction of economic instruments as an alternative to legal enforcement mechanisms make this unit particularly important for local government practitioners.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | -- |
| When Offered: |
D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Dodo Thampapillai |
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| Unit Designations: | -- |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Faculty of Arts |