Economic activities constitute a mayor cause of environmental degradation, raising the question whether mankind will survive or not. The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to the necessary interaction between Ecology, Economics and Policy in order to find solutions for the urging environmental problems.

The course consists of an introduction to classical environmental economics (resource economics and economics of external effects) and environmental policy (objectives, principles and instruments of environmental policy): Also alternatives like ecological economics will be considered. Furthermore classical economic evaluation methods like cost-benefit analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, multi criteria decision analysis, as well as non economic alternatives like lifecycle assessment, MIPS, ecological footprint etc. will be introduced

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