Unit of Study ENVR3010 Economics for Environmental Sustainability (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Unit description

This unit explores the nature of economics as relevant to ecology, ecosystem management and sustainable development. Drawing from a range of economic concepts and methods, the unit investigates traditional and contemporary perspectives used to articulate the relationship between environment and economy. This unit engages with topical issues such as climate change, biodiversity loss, natural capital accounting and applies economic rationale to current environmental challenges.

Unit content

Module 1. Foundations of environmental and resource economics

Module 2. Market failures and government interventions

Module 3. Economic valuation for resource allocation decisions

Module 4. The ecological economic perspective

Module 5. The accounting framework and ecosystem services

Module 6. Ecosystems and natural capital accounting

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2025

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

employ economic theory and concepts to describe the interactions between the environment and the economy

assess the role of economics in environmental policy design and evaluation

evaluate the difference between environmental economics and ecological economics, and the implications of these differences for sustainable development

argue for the application of natural capital accounting in environmental planning and policy development.

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