Management and Environmental Policy

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1 Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering UPCT Management and Environmental Policy CERTIFICATION: DEGREE IN AGRI-FOOD ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Course 2015/2016

2 1. Subject information Name Management and Environmental Policy Matter* Management and Environmental Policy Module* Specific technology Code Degree DEGREE IN AGRI-FOOD ENGINEERING AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS Study plan 2013 Centre Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering Type Optional Teaching period Four-month period four-month period 2nd Course 4Th Language Spanish and English ECTS 3 Hours / ECTS 3 Total workload (hours) 90 * All terms marked with an asterisk are defined in References for teaching at the UPCT and Glossary of terms:

3 2. Teacher information Lecturer in charge Francisco Alcon Provencio Department Business Economics Knowledge area Economics, Sociology and Politics Location of the office 0.11 Ground floor offices of the ETSIA Phone Fax URL / WEB Timetable available/ Tutorials Monday from to Tuesday from to and from to hours. Location during the tutorials Office Teacher or by Teaching and research profile Teaching experience Research Lines Professional experience Other topics of interest Doctor Agronomist by UPCT Professor Contracted Doctor Nine years as a professor in the Department of Business Economics, UPCT. Teaching in university Masters one teaching quinqueniumm Irrigation economy Technology adoption Environmental assessment Policy and management of natural resources A recognized six years period

4 3. Contents 3.1 Contents according to the study plan of the subject 1. Introduction 2. The environmental economy and sustainable development 3. Allocation of environmental resources. 4. Environmental politics. Alternatives and instruments. 5. Environmental assessment. 6. Evaluation of environmental policies. 3.2 English program theory (Teaching units and topics) UNIT 1 -. Basics 1. Introduction 2. Environmental economy and sustainable development UNIT. 2 - Natural Resources and Policies 3. Environmental resources allocations 4. Environmental policy. Alternatives and tools. UNIT. 3 - Environmental Assessment and Value 5. Environmental valuation 6. Environmental Policy Assessment

5 4. Bibliography and resources 4.1 Basic bibliography* Literature can be found in the Service documentation at the following link Azqueta, D. (2007). Introducción a la economía ambiental (2a. ed.) McGraw-Hill España. Ed Mcgraw-Hill. 499p. (ISBN invalid) Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: (Recommended for DU 1, 2 and 3) Pearce D.W. (1995). Economía de los recursos naturales y del medio ambiente. Ed. Celeste. 448p. ISBN: Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: (Recommended for DU 1, 2 and 3) Riera, P. (2008). Manual de economía ambiental y de los recursos naturales Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Ed. Thompson. 355p. ISBN: Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: (Recommended for DU 1, 2 and 3) Romero C. (1997). Economía de los recursos ambientales y naturales. (2ª edición ampliada). Alianza, Madrid. 214p. ISBN: Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: (Recommended for DU 1, 2 y 3) Rus, G. (2008). Análisis coste-beneficio. Evaluación económica de políticas y proyectos de inversión (3ªed actualizada). Ed. Ariel. 375p. ISBN: Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: Recommended for DU 3) 4.2 Complementary bibliography* Literature recommended and not assigned by the documentation service to this subject. Bateman I.J., and Willis K.G. (2002) Valuing Environmental Preferences. Theory and practice of the contingent valuation. Method in the US, EU, and Developing Countries. Ed. Oxford University Press. New York. ISBN: Birol E., and Koundouri P. (2008). Choice Experimetn Informing Environmental Policy. Ed. Edwar Elgar. Cheltenham. ebook ISBN

6 Brower R., and Pearce D. (2005). Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management. Ed: Edwar Elgar. Cheltenham. ebook ISBN Dinar A. and Letey J. (1996). Modeling Economic management and Policy Issues of Water in Irrigated agriculture. Ed: Praeger. London. ISBN: Bateman, I. (2002). Economic valuation with stated preference techniques, a manual. Ed. Edward Elgar. Cheltenham. ebook ISBN Network resources and other resources Virtual classroom UPCT