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175.868 Environmental and Population Economics
This course is in all assigned curricula part of the STEOP.
This course is in at least 1 assigned curriculum part of the STEOP.

2018W, VO, 2.0h, 3.0EC

Properties

  • Semester hours: 2.0
  • Credits: 3.0
  • Type: VO Lecture

Aim of course

Introduction into problem formulation and formal modeling in environmental and population economics. Application of economic concepts and methods to nvestigate the interconnection between the economy and the environment and respectively the economy and population development.   

Subject of course

1. Interaction between population, environment and economic growth - a historical overview (demographic transition, environmental Kuznets curve)

2. macroeconomic modelling of the interaction between the economy and Environment and the economy and Population (exhaustible versus renewable resources, models with and without demographic age structure)

3. microeconomic concepts of environmental and population economics (external effects and market failure, public goods, tragedy of the commons)

4. environmental and population policies

5. sustainability of resource and population development

Additional information

 

 

Lecturers

Institute

Course dates

DayTimeDateLocationDescription
Fri09:00 - 11:0005.10.2018 - 25.01.2019Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Environmental and Population Economics - Single appointments
DayDateTimeLocationDescription
Fri05.10.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri12.10.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri19.10.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri09.11.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri16.11.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri23.11.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri30.11.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri07.12.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri14.12.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri21.12.201809:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri11.01.201909:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri18.01.201909:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868
Fri25.01.201909:00 - 11:00Sem.R. DB gelb 04 175.868

Exams

DayTimeDateRoomMode of examinationApplication timeApplication modeExam
Mon14:00 - 15:0007.10.2024Sem.R. DB gelb 03 written30.09.2024 08:00 - 04.10.2024 10:00TISSPrüfung Oktober
Mon14:00 - 15:0011.11.2024FH Hörsaal 7 - GEO written04.11.2024 08:00 - 08.11.2024 10:00TISSPrüfung November
Wed14:00 - 15:0029.01.2025FH 8 Nöbauer HS - MATH written22.01.2025 08:00 - 28.01.2025 10:00TISSPrüfung Jänner

Course registration

Not necessary

Curricula

Study CodeObligationSemesterPrecon.Info
033 221 Geodesy and Geoinformation Not specified5. Semester
066 926 Business Informatics Mandatory elective
175 Economics and Computer Science Not specified
660 Surveying and Geoinformation Mandatory elective4. Semester
860 GW Optional Courses - Technical Mathematics Not specified

Literature

No lecture notes are available.

Previous knowledge

basic knowledge of economic principles

Miscellaneous

Language

English