Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering UPCT Management and Environmental Policy Qualification: Degree in Agri-food Engineering and Biological Systems Course 2015/2016 1. Subject Information Name Management and Environmental Policy Matter* Management and Environmental Policy Module* Code Degree Study plan Centre Type Specific technology 518103011 Degree in Agri-food engineering and biological systems 2013 Higher Technical School of Agricultural Engineering (ETSIA) Optional Teaching period Four-month period Language Spanish and English ECTS 3 Hours / ECTS 3 Four-month period 2nd Course Total workload (hours) 3rd 90 * All terms marked with an asterisk are defined in References for teaching at the UPCT and Glossary of terms: http://repositorio.bib.upct.es/dspace / bitstream / 10317/3330/1 / isbn8469531360.pdf 2. Teacher information Lecturer in charge Department Knowledge area Location of the office Francisco Alcon Provencio Business Economics Economics, Sociology and Politics Ground floor, offices 0.11 of ETSIA building Phone 968 327015 E-mail [email protected] URL / WEB Location during the tutorials Teaching experience Research Lines Professional experience Other topics of interest 968 32 5433 http://economiaempresa.upct.es/profesores.php?id=8 Timetable available / Tutorials Teaching and research profile Fax Monday from 10.00 to 12.00 Tuesday from 10.00 to 12.00 and from 15.30 to 17.30 hours. Office Teacher or by e-mail Doctor Agronomist by UPCT Professor Contracted Doctor Nine years as a professor in the Department of Business Economics of UPCT. Teaching in university Masters One teaching quinquennium Economy irrigation Technology adoption Environmental assessment Policy and management of natural resources A recognized six-year period 3. Contents 3.1 Contents according to study plan of the subject 1. Introduction 2. The environmental economy and sustainable development 3. Assignation of environmental resources. 4. Environmental politics. Alternatives and instruments. 5. Environmental assessment. 6. Evaluation of environmental policies. 3.2 English program theory (Teaching units and topics) UNIT 1 -. Basics 1. Introduction 2. Environmental economy and sustainable development UNIT. 2 - Natural Resources and Policies 3. Environmental resources allocations 4. Environmental policy. Alternatives and tools. UNIT. 3 - Environmental Assessment and Value 5. Environmental valuation 6. Environmental Policy Assessment 4. Bibliography and resources 4.1 Basic bibliography* Literature can be found in the Service documentation at the following link http://unicorn.bib.upct.es/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/28/2634/X?user_id=WEBSERVER. Azqueta, D. (2007). Introducción a la economía ambiental (2a. ed.) McGraw-Hill España. Ed Mcgraw-Hill. 499p. (ISBN invalid) 9788448160586. Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: http://www.bib.upct.es/ (Recommended to DU 1, 2 and 3) Pearce D.W. (1995). Economía de los recursos naturales y del medio ambiente. Ed. Celeste. 448p. ISBN: 8487553567. Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: http://www.bib.upct.es/ (Recommended to DU 1, 2 and 3) Riera, P. (2008). Manual de economía ambiental y de los recursos naturales Instituto de Estudios Fiscales. Ed. Thompson. 355p. ISBN: 9788497323697. Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: http://www.bib.upct.es/ (Recommended to DU 1, 2 and 3) Romero C. (1997). Economía de los recursos ambientales y naturales. (2ª edición ampliada). Alianza, Madrid. 214p. ISBN: 8420668508. Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: http://www.bib.upct.es/ (Recommended to DU 1, 2 and 3) Rus, G. (2008). Análisis coste-beneficio. Evaluación económica de políticas y proyectos de inversión (3ªed actualizada). Ed. Ariel. 375p. ISBN: 9788434445475. Disponible en el Servicio de Documentación de la UPCT: http://www.bib.upct.es/ (Recommended to DU 3) 4.2 Complementary bibliography* • Recommended literature and Not assigned by documentation service to this subject. • Bateman I.J., and Willis K.G. (2002) Valuing Environmental Preferences. Theory and practice of the contingent valuation. Method in the US, EU, and Developing Countries. Ed. Oxford University Press. New York. ISBN: 9780199248919 • Birol E. and Koundouri P. (2008). Choice Experiment Informing Environmental Policy. Ed. Edwar Elgar. Cheltenham. ebook ISBN 978 1 84844 125 5 • Brower R. and Pearce D. (2005). Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Resources Management. Ed: Edwar Elgar. Cheltenham. ebook ISBN 978 1 84542 670 5 • Dinar A. and Letey J. (1996). Modeling Economic management and Policy Issues of Water in Irrigated agriculture. Ed: Praeger. London. ISBN: 0-275-95017-4 • Bateman, I. (2002). Economic valuation with stated preference techniques, a manual. Ed. Edward Elgar. Cheltenham. ebook ISBN 978 1 78100 972 7 4.3 Network resources and other resources http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/environment/index_es.htm http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/areas-de-actividad/default.aspx http://www.murcianatural.carm.es/web/guest/legislacion http://www.ecosystemvaluation.org/ Virtual classroom UPCT