Syllabus

Course Code: CC-5 IN-ECX-302    Course Name: Environmental Economics-I

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 (i-a)
Environment and Economy: Nature and scope of environmental economics; Linkage between environment and economy
(i-b)
Population-environment linkage; Sustainable Development.
2 (ii-a)
Market failure: Incomplete markets; Externalities
(ii-b)
Environment as public good – Non-exclusion, Non-rivalry; Non-convexities; Asymmetric information.
3 (iii-a)
Environment and Development: Natural resources; Human capital vs. Physical capital: Their use & effect on Environment
(iii-b)
Role of Environment Education in controlling pollution; Environmental Educational in India. Green GDP; Environmental Kuznets Curve;
4 (iv-a)
Environmental legislation: Pollution-causes, control and abatement (iv-b)
Environment protection mechanism in India; Environmental institutions and grass root movements.
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