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Apr 20, 2024
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2017-2018 College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENV 6 SCARCITY AND ENVIRONMENT 3 Units 3 hours lecture Transfers: CSU, UC Recommended Preparation: ENV 1 Economic methods and tools to analyze basic environmental issues. Combining theoretical analysis with specific applications to environmental challenges as applied to water, air, energy, climate change and human health issues. Looks at market failure as a cause of inefficient resource use, depletion, and environmental pollution. Focuses on microeconomic analysis of environmental regulations, the problem of social cost, policy instrument choice, enforcement of regulations, and estimating benefits of environmental improvements. NR
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