Environmental Eco SYLLABUS
Environmental Eco SYLLABUS
Environmental Eco SYLLABUS
Course Objective: This course aims to provide exposure to the students about the basic concepts
and importance of natural resource management. The students would be able to appreciate the
urgency for protection, nurturing and management of Natural Resources.
Syllabus
1. The Economy and the Environment: Neo Classical perspective, Ecological perspective.
2. Sustainable Development: Concepts, Theories and Principles of Sustainable
Development.
3. Externalities: Public Goods, Market Failure, Property rights.
4. Economic incentives for Environmental Protection: Market Based Instruments,
Command and Control, Marketable permits, Alternative approaches.
5. Environment Impact Assessment Valuation Techniques: Stated Preference approaches,
Surrogate Market approaches, Conventional market approach, Household production
function approach.
6. Climate Change &Ecosystem services:Ecosystem function, Kyoto Protocol and other
International Agreements
7. Environment Policy of India: Objectives and Implementation
8. Environment Management in Business Firm: Life Cycle assessment, measuring
environmental performance, Strategic Environmental Management as Competitive
Strategy.
Reading list