Information Package / Course Catalogue
Environmental Economics
Course Code: ECO316
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

Provide an analytical framework for environmental quality management.

Course Content

Economy and Environment: The Macroeconomy, Economics and Environmental: Economics Growth, Population Growth and the Environment; Sustainable Development, Causes of Environmental Deterioration: Why Governments fail about environment policies?, Causes of Environmental Deterioration: Why Markets Fail?, International Environmental Politics.

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Learning Outcomes
1.Describes the interaction between humans and natural environmental system.
2.Applies basic methods and techniques to the management of environment.
3.Identifies and evaluates the consequences of population change and technological progress
4.Explains pollution and evaluates strategies to deal with it.
5.Analyses global environmental policy issues with a systematic theoretical framework.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Jared DIAMOND, Çöküş: Medeniyetler Nasıl Ayakta Kalır ya da Yıkılır? (Çev. Elif KIRAL), Timaş Yayınları, 2006.
2.Tom TIETENBERG and Lewis LYNNE, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Eighth Edition, Pearson Education, Inc., 2009.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Economy and Environment: The Macroeconomy
Week 2 - Theoretical
Economics and Environmental: Economics Growth, Population Growth and the Environment; Sustainable Development
Week 3 - Theoretical
Causes of Environmental Deterioration: Why Markets Fail?
Week 4 - Theoretical
Causes of Environmental Deterioration: Why Governments fail about environment policies?
Week 5 - Theoretical
Decision Making and the Environment: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Week 6 - Theoretical
Decision Making and the Environment: The Problem of Valorization of Nature
Week 7 - Theoretical
Economic Control of the Environment: Using the Market to Protect Nature
Week 8 - Theoretical
Economic Control of the Environment: Using the Market to Protect Nature
Week 9 - Theoretical
Economic Control of the Environment: Fees, Green TaxesTransferrable Emission Permits
Week 10 - Theoretical
Economic Control of the Environment: Determining the Environmental Standards
Week 11 - Theoretical
Waste Management
Week 12 - Theoretical
Climate Change, Biodiversity Protection, Acid Rains
Week 13 - Theoretical
International Environmental Politics
Week 14 - Theoretical
Environment and the Developing World
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading140228
Individual Work140342
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination121122
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
3
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5
OÇ-2
3
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4
OÇ-3
3
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4
OÇ-4
3
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4
OÇ-5
3
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4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026