Information Package / Course Catalogue
Natural Resource Economics and Sustainability
Course Code: ZTE613
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

The purpose of this course to enable students to be able to carry out analyses for the efficient use of resources, and to be able to analyze the impacts of various environmental policies.

Course Content

Property rights, causes of inefficiency in natural resources, externalities, population, renewable and non-renewable resources, food markets, volatility, control of environmental pollution, globalization and sustainability, trade-environment interaction, evaluation methods of environmental goods and services, tools for environmental policies, international developments.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Cemal ATICI
Learning Outcomes
1.Understand techniques for analyzing environmental problems including non-market valuation methods
2.To be able to use of tools of graphical analysis to study environmental problems
3.Interpret today’s problems related to environmental and natural resources with an economic perspective
4.To be able to understand the sustainable development
5.To be able to understand the trade-environment interaction
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction, scope, importance, and basic concepts
Week 2 - Practice
Causes of Resource Inefficiency
Week 3 - Theoretical
Food Markets and Problems
Week 4 - Theoretical
Globalization and agriculture
Week 5 - Theoretical
Environmental policy tools.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Environmental Policy Tools (continues).
Week 7 - Theoretical
Trade and Environment
Week 8 - Theoretical
International regulations related to natural resources and environment.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Methods of environmental valuation of goods and services.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Methods of environmental valuation of goods and services (continues).
Week 11 - Theoretical
Turkey's natural resources and environmental problems
Week 12 - Theoretical
Environmental performance criteria.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Climate Change and agriculture.
Week 14 - Theoretical
National regulations related to natural resources and environment.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory1463126
Midterm Examination130131
Final Examination145146
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)203
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
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PÇ-3
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PÇ-9
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OÇ-1
2
2
5
5
4
4
3
5
5
5
OÇ-2
3
4
5
5
4
4
3
5
4
5
OÇ-3
3
4
3
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4
4
4
5
4
5
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
OÇ-5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026