ECO3066 : Environmental Economics
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Professor Susan Chilton
- Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
To set out the basic theory of how environmental resources such as minerals, wild animals (e.g. fish or elephants), the assimilative capacity of the atmosphere (climate change), or the diversity of the biosphere, can be allocated to maximise some economic objective, but also to examine the major concerns of environmental economists – sustainability pollution, externalities and (the valuation of) non-market public goods from both an analytical and a policy perspective.
Outline Of Syllabus
Sustainability concepts; Introduction to Growth Functions and Extraction Paths/Maximum Sustainable Yield;
Optimal Resource Extraction: Non-Renewable Resources ; Optimal Resource Extraction: Renewable Resources; Social Cost of Carbon (Climate Change); Environmental Valuation ; Pollution; Economic Growth and the Environment: Environmental Kuznets Curve
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 11 | 1:00 | 11:00 | PIP lectures |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 15:00 | 15:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 5 | 1:00 | 5:00 | Online lectures |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 32:00 | 32:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | 3 x PIP |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 4 | 1:00 | 4:00 | N/A |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Synchronous |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 29:00 | 29:00 | N/A |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures explain the basic economic theory underpinning optional natural resource exploitation and environmental problems.
Seminars enhance learning and provide an opportunity for students to monitor their own progress through problem solving and discussions and orally present economic arguments relating to the natural environment.
Structured Guided Reading sessions will develop competence in reading and interpreting academic Journal articles.
Private study provides opportunity for students to monitor their own progress through problem solving and discussions.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exercise | 1 | A | 100 | N/A |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The written exercise at the end of Semester 1 is designed to encourage study and to test student understanding of the fundamental theoretical and empirical underpinnings of one or more selected topics within the module and to demonstrate information gathering and interpretive skills with respect to an academic Journal article. natural resource ad environmental economics.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- ECO3066's Timetable