Ecological Economics
Code
10395
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Rui Jorge Fernandes Ferreira Santos
Weekly hours
4
Total hours
62
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
The Ecological Economics course intends that students acquire the following skills:
- Understand the vision, approach and the central concepts of ecological economics and its relevance to the practice of environmental engineering, in particular the interactions between ecological, economic and social systems;
- Integrate the economic approach with other approaches to identify, formulate, analyze and eliminate/mitigate environmental problems;
- Understand the differences to the environmental economics approach;
- Develop the assessment and sustainable management of natural resources;
- Interpret and evaluate indicators and paths of economic growth and sustainability;
- Understand the relationship between the environment, international trade and competitiveness;
- Consolidate and strengthen the capacity for the design and implementation of environmental policy instruments;
- Work in multidisciplinary teams and to be autonomous in the research and analysis of information.
Bibliography
Costanza, R., Hart, M., Posner, S., Talberth, J., 2009, Beyond GDP: the need for new measures of progress, Pardee papers, N.º4, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA.
Daly, H, Farley, J., 2011, Ecological Economics – Principles and Applications, Island Press, Washington.
Farley, J., Erikson, J., Daly, H., 2005, Ecological Economics – a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning, Island Press, Washington.
Healy, H., Martinez-Alier, J., Temper, L., Walter, M. and Gerber J.F. (eds), 2013, Ecological Economics from the Ground Up, Earthscan, London.
I.I.S.D., 2000, Environment and Trade – a Handbook, UNEP, IISD, Canada.
Munda, G., 2008, Social multi-criteria evaluation for a sustainable economy, Operation Research and Decision Theory Series, Springer, Heidelberg, New York, 2008.
Victor, P. (ed.), 2013, The costs of economic growth. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series, Edward Elgar Publishing.