Principles of Environmental Economics & Environmental Planning

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Lectures: tutorial lectures and seminars.

Learning Outcomes

Environmental economics: diagnosing environmental problems; instruments of environmental policy ingeneral and of agrienvironmental policy in particular; introduction to environmental valuationEnvironmental planning: basic planning methods; environmental planning instruments (landscape planning,environmental compatibility check, FFH-directive; intervention, regulation and landscape maintenance settlements. Interfaces for spatial planning, EU Water Frame work Directive.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Environmental economics: students have an overview of environmental economics as a discipline research and teaching. They are able to diagnose environmental problems assess alternative policy instruments with the perspective and analytical tools of economics. They understand the keyinstruments of agri-environmental policy and are able to follow the ongoing debate about further development of agri-environmental policy in the context of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. Environmental planning: students understand the interaction of content, method and formal legal basics ofplanning and have an overview of German and European instruments and results of spatial environmental planning. They are able to interpret, evaluate and apply ecological data and to solve target conflicts.

Head Lecturer(s)

José Paulo Filipe Afonso de Sousa

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Other: 100.0%

Bibliography

urner, R. K., Pearce, D. and I. Bateman (1994): Environmental Economics: An Elementary

Introduction.

Field, B.C. and M. Field (2006): Environmental Economics: An Introduction. 4th edition.

McGraw-Hill, New York.

Dabbert, S. et al. (1998): The Economics of Landscape and Wildlife Conservation. CABI Wallingford.

Environmental planning: Jessel, B., Tobias, K. (2002): „Ökologisch orientierte Planung“; BMU

(Hrsg., 1997): "Landschaftsplanung"; Köppel, J. et al. (1998): "Praxis der Eingriffsregelung";

Kaule, G. (2002) „environ- mental planning“; [Albert, G. et al. (1996): "Bewertung und Planung im Umweltschutz";

Gassner, E. (1995) "Das Recht der Landschaft"];