ECO 220 - Introduction to Environmental Economics (3 credit hours)

Offered in Winter Term-Odd years only (3-0-0)
Provides an introduction to the application of economic principles to issues of environmental quality and sustainability within the context of a market-based economic system. Market concepts of supply and demand will be examined, with emphasis placed on efficiency and examination of externality-caused market failures. Emphasis will also be placed on cost/benefit analysis with applications to such issues as air and water quality, resource extraction and land use, fisheries, and waste disposal and recycling. Policy approaches to managing such issues will also be examined.
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