AEM 6600

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AEM 6600
Natural Resources and Economic Development

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2016-2017.

Examines selected topics in natural resources, agricultue and economic development, technology assessment, ecosystem management and the environment, with a focus on developing countries. Topics include production, poverty, and environmental trade-offs; sustainable technology development; ecosystems and agro-ecosystems; valuation of ecosystem services, and PES programs; trade and environment linkages; economics of conservation and development; and alternative methodologies for analyzing these interactions. Readings emphasize the economic literature, but also draw from the biophysical sciences, ecosystem management, and the broader social sciences.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: graduate standing. Open to graduate students outside economics.

Course Attribute (CU-SBY)

Comments Additional section TBA for economics majors.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5131 AEM 6600   LEC 001

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  • Enrollment limited to: graduate students.