| Course ID: | IGP-SE>1427.2 |
| Course title: | ASSESSMENT AND VALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT (WITH THE BASICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS) |
| Semester: | 2 / Winter |
| ECTS: | 3 |
| Lectures/Classes: | 15 / 30 hours |
| Field of study: | Spatial Management |
| Study cycle: | 2nd cycle |
| Type of course: | compulsory |
| Prerequisites: | |
| Contact person: | dr Marta Sylla; marta.sylla@upwr.edu.pl |
| Short description: | The course concerns the assessment and valuation of the environmental goods and services |
| Full description: | The contents of the course include the methods for economic valuation of the environment, such as the travel cost method, the contingent valuation method, cost-benefit analysis. Students practice the selected methods on the case study examples |
| Bibliography: | 1. An Introduction to Ecological Economics. 2nd Edition. Robert Costanza, John H Cumberland, Herman Daly, Robert Goodland, Richard B Norgaard, Ida Kubiszewski, Carol Franco. Copyright Year 2015; 2 Sylla, M., Hagemann, N., & Szewrański, S. (2020). Mapping trade-offs and synergies among peri-urban ecosystem services to address spatial policy. Environmental Science and Policy, 112(June), 79–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.06.002; 3. Sylla, M., Lasota, T., & Szewrański, S. (2019). Valuing Environmental Amenities in Peri-Urban Areas: Evidence from Poland. Sustainability (Switzerland), 11(3), 570.;Costanza, R., d’Arge, R., de Groot, R., Farber, S., Grasso, M., Hannon, B., … van den Belt, M. (1997). The value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature, 387(6630), 253–260. https://doi.org/10.1038/387253a0;Costanza, R. (2020). Valuing natural capital and ecosystem services toward the goals of efficiency, fairness, and sustainability. Ecosystem Services, 43, 101096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2020.101096 |
| Learning outcomes: | A student will learn about different environemntal valuation methods and practice three methods of different types. A student has deepened knowledge on the role and importance of of natural environment and natural resources for socio-economic development and improvement quality of human life |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: | grade obtained at classes (50%) + grade obtained at lectures (50%) |