Course Description
Environmental Economics
Ever wonder how environmental concerns affect the economy? How do increasing “green” governmental initiatives influence business decisions? Can consumer markets and business initiatives lead to a sustainable environment? How are the conflict between market forces and environmental integrity resolved? As it becomes more widely recognised that most environmental problems, whether small-scale or global, are the result of a complex interaction of natural processes with economic forces and decisions, the protection and sustainable management of the natural environment has become a growing concern across the globe.
This course examines the continuing conflict between market forces and a sustainable environmental and explains how economic theory views the relationship between economic activity and the natural world. Examples of local, regional, national, and international issues are presented and discussed with the aim of providing students an opportunity to develop a critical understanding of the different ways in which economic decisions, market forces, and government policies can affect environment.
Past Co-curricular activities
- The London Wetland Centre
- The Manor Place Depot
- The London Transport Museum
- The Science Museum