EV 341 - Ecological Economics and Sustainability

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Colorado College

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Description:

Provides an introduction to ecological economics (an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and managing the ecology and economics of our world) and extends concepts of sustainability. It reviews options for economically efficient allocation of resources that also protect the stock of natural capital over time and space. It investigates the application of tools of analysis to a regional management problem in the American West. It includes fieldwork and may involve additional expense. (Counts as one unit of Social Science credit, but not as a natural science credit.) Prerequisite: Econ Credit: Economics 150 (or 151 and 152); EnvSci Credit: EV/EC 141. (Also listed as Economics 341 and Southwest Studies 341.) 1 unit - Hecox.

Credits:

1.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.coloradocollege.edu

Phone Number:

(719) 389-6000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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