| Module code | LEK 826 |
| Qualification | Postgraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
| Module content | Environmental valuation and policy. This module will review the basic principles of microeconomic theory needed for understanding and analysis of environmental problems, introduce market and non-market techniques of valuation of natural resources and environmental services (hedonic pricing, contingent valuation, transport cost, willingness-to-pay, cost-based techniques, etc.), public goods and environmental externalities, property rights regimes and selection of appropriate environmental policy instruments for management of environmental externalities. |
| Module credits | 15.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Service modules | Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences |
| Prerequisites | No prerequisites. |
| Contact time | 1 lecture per week |
| Language of tuition | English |
| Academic organisation | Agric Econ, Ext + Rural Dev |
| Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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