This subject introduces economic theory and tools to understand the principles and practices for the management of agricultural and natural resources in Australian and other contexts.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
- A revision of micro-economics and welfare theory in relation to resource allocation problems such as market failure, externality, public good, property rights and policies. - Theories of economics as applied to pollution control, optimal depletion of natural resources (minerals and fishery) and forest harvesting (rotation) systems. - Property right institutions and policy instruments with respect for the efficient use of water and land resources. - Characteristics of different regulatory and market or incentive based policy instruments available for the management of salinity in the Australian environment. - Techniques that can be employed to assess non-market benefits (and costs) related to salinity and other resource management problems. - Issues related to agricultural development and resource management in developing countries. - Applying the skills learned in a variety of environmental and resource use problems as case studies.
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The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2019. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.