CODE 64799 ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021 CREDITS 6 cfu anno 3 SCIENZE AMBIENTALI E NATURALI 9916 (L-32) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 3 ECONOMIA E COMMERCIO 8699 (L-33) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno ECONOMIA E COMMERCIO 8699 (L-33) - GENOVA 6 cfu anno 1 RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI 11162 (LM-52) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR SECS-P/03 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 1° Semester TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW The course provides a theoretical framework to analyze the process of decision-making in the environmental sector and the use of policy instruments in relation to specific cases of environmental resource management and economic activities that produce serious impacts on the environment AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES Knowledge and understanding. Students should acquire adequate knowledge of the relationship between environmental protection, economic efficiency and market failure. Applying knowledge and understanding. Students should be able to understand and critically evaluate the role of public and environmental policies aimed at orienting and regulate markets and economic agents toward the goal of the economic and environmental sustainability. SYLLABUS/CONTENT Topics covered include: The Environmental Economics Scarcity, resource allocation and optimization Non-renewable resources: intertemporal models for optimal extraction Policies for renewable resources. Substitutability of natural capital and scarcity sustainable development and growth patterns Efficiency and control of environmental problems Environmental externalities and pollution Economic and fiscal instruments for environmental control Economic analysis and collective action for decision-making purposes Economic evaluation techniques for assessing social costs and benefits Intergenerational equity Environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment and the multi-criteria techniques Methodologies considered are: Hedonic prices Contingent valuation Choice experiment Deliberative democracy and other no-market approaches TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD BARBARA CAVALLETTI Ricevimento: Tuesday 14-16 (Office n.19, 1st flor, Department of Economics - Darsena) Any changes due to possible health emergency restrictions will be promptly communicated by the teacher through the Aulaweb platform. Exam Board BARBARA CAVALLETTI (President) ELENA LAGOMARSINO DANIELA MINETTI CLAUDIA PETRUCCI LESSONS Class schedule ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY EXAMS EXAM DESCRIPTION Written exam ASSESSMENT METHODS The assessing methods for the learning outcomes consist in workshops, exercises, and group work, during the lectures Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 21/01/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 04/02/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 12/05/2021 10:00 GENOVA Orale 04/06/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 22/06/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 15/07/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto 09/09/2021 10:00 GENOVA Scritto