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Economy and Environment

Code:

TGI17

Sigla:

EA

Áreas Científicas
Classificação	Área Científica
OFICIAL	Business Science and Communication

Ocorrência: 2023/2024 - 3T

Ativa?	Yes
Unidade Responsável:	Seção de Ciências Empresariais e Comunicação
Curso/CE Responsável:	Industrial Management and Techinology

Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos

Sigla	Nº de Estudantes	Plano de Estudos	Anos Curriculares	Créditos UCN	Créditos ECTS	Horas de Contacto	Horas Totais
TGI	32	Plano de Estudos 2016	2	-	4	44	108

Língua de trabalho

Portuguese

Objetivos

Understand environmental problems as economic problems.
Assess the impact of different environmental policy instruments on productive activity and on the environment.
Choose the most effective economic instruments to control pollution and encourage “greener” behavior in production and consumption.
Interpret energy usage indicators.
Understand the economic value of biodiversity. Understand the need for Ecological Economy as an efficient way of production and consumption.

Resultados de aprendizagem e competências

Understand environmental problems as economic problems.

Modo de trabalho

B-learning

Programa

1. The economy of natural resources and the economy of the environment
1.1. natural capital
1.2. Waste/Pollution

2. The economy and environmental issues
2.1. The economic efficiency
2.2. Market failures and the environment

3. Correction of negative externalities
3.1. State imposition of fees/Definition of property rights
3.2. The economically optimal pollution
3.3. Types of State intervention to control pollution: moral persuasion, direct environmental quality policies, pollution prevention, direct control measures
3.4. Economic incentives in pollution control: polluter fees, pollution rights trading markets.

4. The valuation of environmental goods
4.1. Tradable/non-tradable environmental goods
4.2. Indirect approaches to the value of environmental goods (hedonic pricing, transport cost method)
4.3. Environmental goods in the cost-benefit analysis of public investment projects.

5. Climate change
5.1. Scientific evidence and the impact on biodiversity
5.2. International economic policy on climate change

6. Sustainable development
6.1. The circular economy
6.1.1. natural resource management
6.1.2. energy efficiency
6.1.3. Consumer behavior
6.1.4. Recycling

Bibliografia Obrigatória

Tientenberg, Tom; Lewis, Lynne; Environmental Economics & Natural Resource , Perason, 2012
Kahn, James(1995); The Economic Approach to Environmental and Natural Resources, , The Dryden Press, 1995

Bibliografia Complementar

Elsa Ferreira; Guia de Economia e Ambiente

Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem

Face-to-face and e-learning teaching

Tipo de avaliação

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Componentes de Avaliação

Designation	Peso (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Teste	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	15,00
Total:	100,00

Componentes de Ocupação

Designation	Tempo (Horas)
Estudo autónomo	64,00
Frequência das aulas	44,00
Total:	108,00

Obtenção de frequência

Students who obtain a grade equal to or greater than 10 are approved, either in continuous assessment or by examination.

Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final

60% of the Test+15% of the group sheets+25% presentation of the group work
The test cannot have a grade lower than 9 points.