HS31072: Environmental Economics

HS31072
Course name	Environmental Economics
Offered by	Humanities & Social Sciences
Credits	4
L-T-P	3-1-0
Previous Year Grade Distribution
8 6 7 8 7 EX A B C D P F
Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

Syllabus mentioned in ERP

Prerequisites: HS20001/HS20005Introduction; Economy-environment Interaction; The Material Balance Principle, Entropy Law; Market failure, Property Rights, Open Access Resources, Collective Action; Long Term Views of Economic Activities and the Environment Limits to Growth, Optimistic View/Sustainability; Capital Theory and Discount Rates; Environmental Issues in India: Sources and Types of Pollution (Air, Water, Solid Waste, Noise, Land Degradation); Causes and Effects of Environmental Degradation, Urban and Rural Environmental Problems; Energy-Environment Interaction; Economics of Pollution Control and Pollution Policy Targets and Instruments: The Efficient Level of Pollution; Incentive-Based Strategies: Taxes and Subsidies; Command and Control Strategies: Ambient Environmental Quality Standard, Emission Standard, Technology Standard; Environment-Development Trade-off: Relation between Development and Environment Stress; Environmental Kuznets Curve, Concept of Sustainable Development; Indicators of Sustainability; Various Approaches for Environmental Accounting.

Time Table

Day	8:00-8:55 am	9:00-9:55 am	10:00-10:55 am	11:00-11:55 am	12:00-12:55 pm		2:00-2:55 pm	3:00-3:55 pm	4:00-4:55 pm	5:00-5:55 pm
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday					LANGUAGE LAB (Department of HSS)
Thursday				LANGUAGE LAB (Department of HSS)
Friday		LANGUAGE LAB (Department of HSS)	LANGUAGE LAB (Department of HSS)