Environmental Economics and Policy
A.Y. 2019/2020
Learning objectives
Provide bases of economic disciplines to reach a level of knowledge sufficient to interpret each action in the context of society and support and manage resources.
Provide effective tools for managing, analyzing and displaying geographic data.
Provide effective tools for managing, analyzing and displaying geographic data.
Expected learning outcomes
Interpretive skills of the political economy, economic policy and economic aspects of environmental and ecolocical policy. Basic knowledge for the valuation of environmental assets, projects, damage and services.
Tools and methodologies, targeted to data capture, storing, management, analysis and representation of georeferenced information, will be provided following an increasing level of investigation.
Tools and methodologies, targeted to data capture, storing, management, analysis and representation of georeferenced information, will be provided following an increasing level of investigation.
Lesson period: year
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Lesson period
year
Course syllabus
Part A
1. General Economics
The principles of the economy. Market forces. Elasticity. Supply, demand and economic policy. Consumers, producers and market efficiency. Taxation and its cost. International Trade. Public assets and collective resources.
2. Business Economics
The production costs. The companies in the competitive market. Oligopoly.
3. Macroeconomics
Measure the income of a nation. Measuring the cost of living. Production and growth. Savings, investment and financial system. The basic tools of finance. The occupation.
4. Economic policies and market failures
Commercial policies. Fiscal policies. Public goods and collective resources. Externalities, incentives and artificial markets.
5. Environmental Economics
Environment and production system. The theory of natural capital and sustainable development. Private costs and social costs. Standards command and control. Environmental taxes. Incentives and artificial markets. Life cycle assessment and environmental audits. Responsibility of consumers and producers. Evaluation of public and private projects. The value of environmental assets. Non-tradable assets and services on the market. The components of the economic value. Methods of assessment of environmental assets. Environmental damage. Payments for environmental services.
Part B
1. Introduction
Concepts and terminology; differences between GIS and CAD systems; fields of application and purposes (decision making and environmental management).
2. Cartographic concepts
Map scale, projection and coordinate systems; difference between traditional cartographic approaches and digital ones.
3. Data structure
geometric component (raster and vector); descriptive component (tables); topological component (relations among objects); time component.
4. Digital data entry
Maps scanning and digital conversion; georeferencing; manual and/or automatic digitizing; topology definition (arc-node relations; arc direction, inclusion, adjacency); database design and implementation; cartographic symbols; final controls (constrain controls and test plots).
5. Database
General concepts (records, fields, key-fields); normalization theory; Join and Relate operations; query (mathematical, conditional and logical operators).
1. General Economics
The principles of the economy. Market forces. Elasticity. Supply, demand and economic policy. Consumers, producers and market efficiency. Taxation and its cost. International Trade. Public assets and collective resources.
2. Business Economics
The production costs. The companies in the competitive market. Oligopoly.
3. Macroeconomics
Measure the income of a nation. Measuring the cost of living. Production and growth. Savings, investment and financial system. The basic tools of finance. The occupation.
4. Economic policies and market failures
Commercial policies. Fiscal policies. Public goods and collective resources. Externalities, incentives and artificial markets.
5. Environmental Economics
Environment and production system. The theory of natural capital and sustainable development. Private costs and social costs. Standards command and control. Environmental taxes. Incentives and artificial markets. Life cycle assessment and environmental audits. Responsibility of consumers and producers. Evaluation of public and private projects. The value of environmental assets. Non-tradable assets and services on the market. The components of the economic value. Methods of assessment of environmental assets. Environmental damage. Payments for environmental services.
Part B
1. Introduction
Concepts and terminology; differences between GIS and CAD systems; fields of application and purposes (decision making and environmental management).
2. Cartographic concepts
Map scale, projection and coordinate systems; difference between traditional cartographic approaches and digital ones.
3. Data structure
geometric component (raster and vector); descriptive component (tables); topological component (relations among objects); time component.
4. Digital data entry
Maps scanning and digital conversion; georeferencing; manual and/or automatic digitizing; topology definition (arc-node relations; arc direction, inclusion, adjacency); database design and implementation; cartographic symbols; final controls (constrain controls and test plots).
5. Database
General concepts (records, fields, key-fields); normalization theory; Join and Relate operations; query (mathematical, conditional and logical operators).
Prerequisites for admission
No prerequisites are required. "Mathematical institutions" is strongly recommended as preparatory course
Teaching methods
Lessons of exposition of the subjects with illustrations on the blackboard of logical, functional and graphic schemes; illustrations of documents and studies published on institutional sites; reading of scientific articles. Lessons in a classroom using personal computers
Teaching Resources
Parte A
General Economics, Business Economics, Macroeconomics
Krugman P., Wells R., Graddy K., L'essenziale di economia, Zanichelli, 2012 (2ªed., trad. it. Crimi S., Pesce F., Oliveri A., Canton P.), pp. 592.
oppure
Mankiw N.G., Taylor M.P., L'essenziale di economia, Zanichelli, 2012 (5ªed., trad. it. Canton P., Oliveri A.), pp. 544.
Both textbooks provide additional resurces on the publisher's website.
For more complete textbooks and to widen one's economical perspective or for further investigations, from the same authors: Krugman's Microeconomia e Macroeconomia, and Mankiw's Principi di economia.
Environmental Economics
Bresso M., Per un'economia ecologica, Carocci, 2002 (1ªed. 1993), pp. 360 (out of stock, library only).
Turner R.K., Pearce D.W., Bateman I., Economia ambientale, Il Mulino, 2003 (1ªed. 1996), pp. 257.
Parte B
Lecture notes provided during the course.
M. Boffi (2004) Scienza dell'Informazione Geografica - Introduzione ai GIS. Zanichelli.
S. Aronoff (1991) Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. Wdl Pubns.
General Economics, Business Economics, Macroeconomics
Krugman P., Wells R., Graddy K., L'essenziale di economia, Zanichelli, 2012 (2ªed., trad. it. Crimi S., Pesce F., Oliveri A., Canton P.), pp. 592.
oppure
Mankiw N.G., Taylor M.P., L'essenziale di economia, Zanichelli, 2012 (5ªed., trad. it. Canton P., Oliveri A.), pp. 544.
Both textbooks provide additional resurces on the publisher's website.
For more complete textbooks and to widen one's economical perspective or for further investigations, from the same authors: Krugman's Microeconomia e Macroeconomia, and Mankiw's Principi di economia.
Environmental Economics
Bresso M., Per un'economia ecologica, Carocci, 2002 (1ªed. 1993), pp. 360 (out of stock, library only).
Turner R.K., Pearce D.W., Bateman I., Economia ambientale, Il Mulino, 2003 (1ªed. 1996), pp. 257.
Parte B
Lecture notes provided during the course.
M. Boffi (2004) Scienza dell'Informazione Geografica - Introduzione ai GIS. Zanichelli.
S. Aronoff (1991) Geographic Information Systems: A Management Perspective. Wdl Pubns.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Part. A: oral exam on the subjects dealt with in class; assessment of knowledge, supplemented by exposure methods. Part. B: written exam with multiple choice questions and open questions
Environmental economics
AGR/01 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Lessons: 40 hours
Professor:
Fabbri Marco
Shifts:
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Professor:
Fabbri Marco
SIA
AGR/01 - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND RURAL APPRAISAL
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
INF/01 - INFORMATICS
Practicals with elements of theory: 12 hours
Lessons: 16 hours
Lessons: 16 hours
Professor:
Sterlacchini Simone
Shifts:
-
Professor:
Sterlacchini Simone