Unit ECONOMICS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Course
Philosophy and ethics of relationships
Study-unit Code
A004734
Curriculum
Filosofia
Teacher
Simona Bigerna
Teachers
  • Simona Bigerna
Hours
  • 63 ore - Simona Bigerna
CFU
6
Course Regulation
Coorte 2024
Offered
2024/25
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Discipline classiche, storiche, antropologiche e politico-sociali
Academic discipline
SECS-P/01
Type of study-unit
Opzionale (Optional)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
Carrying out exercises and problems and discussion of topics relating to the different topics of environmental economics and sustainability starting from the theoretical bases of microeconomics.
Reference texts
R.K. Turner, D.W. Pearce, I. Bateman, Environmental Economics: An Elementary Introduction, The Johns Hopkins University Press
I. Musu, Introduction to environmental economics, Bologna: il Mulino, 2003.
MICROECONOMIA 7/ED M.D. Katz, H.S. Rosen, C.A. Bollino, W. Morgan, Editore. McGraw-Hill
A. Lanza, Energia arcobaleno. Il futuro è dell'idrogeno?, Bologna: il Mulino, 2023.
Material offered by the teacher
Educational objectives
The carrying out of exercises and discussion in class are aimed at facilitating the understanding of how to use economic theory for appropriate management of the environment and natural resources, based on the principles of sustainable development and the economic evaluation of environmental assets
Prerequisites
nessuno
Teaching methods
Lectures and in-depth seminars
Other information
Students with disabilities and/or with DSA are invited to visit the page dedicated to the tools and measures envisaged and to agree in advance what is necessary with the teacher (https://www.unipg.it/disabilita -e-dsa)
Learning verification modality
There are no specific tests relating to the exercises carried out. The final assessment can be carried out with the presentation of an in-depth paper (thesis) on the topics covered.
Extended program
Extended program Exercises and optimization problems refer to:
The environment and the economic system
Sustainability and sustainable development
The economic analysis of pollution
The economic instruments of environmental policy
The value of the environment
Notes on cost-benefit analysis
Climate change economics
Ostrom's solution to collective bargaining
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile
Water
Energy
CIty
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