This course will provide an understanding of Environmental Economics focusing on the urban environment. It will help students develop the tools to estimate the costs and benefits of environmental regulations, address the question of natural resources, renewable and non-renewable, and introduce the concepts of urban metabolism and circular economy. The second part of the course will focus on climate change, making use of the concepts and tools addressed during the first sessions. Climate science, governance and economics will be tackled, and an in-class simulation of carbon trading market will be organized.

Temps présentiel : 35 heures

Charge de travail étudiant : 17 heures

Méthode(s) d'évaluation : Examen écrit

Référence :
• Shunsuke Managi and Koichi Kuriyama, Environmental Economics, Routledge, 2017 • Johnathan M. Harris and Brian Roach, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, A Contemporary Approach, Fourth Edition, Routledge, 2018 • Charles Kolstad, Environmental Economics, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2010 • Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, London School of Economics, 2006 • Groundswell, Preparing for Internal Climate Migration, World Bank Group, 2018 • Resilient Byblos, connecting with our past creating our future, 100 Resilient Cities • The State and Trends of the Lebanese Environment (SOER)