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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
agriculture, natural resources & environment
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Rehovot
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Sinaia Netanyahu
Coordinator Office Hours:
by appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Sinaia Netanyahu
Course/Module description:
understanding core topics in environmental management and economics related to planning of sustainable development in local, national and international levels. Developing critical thinking in relation to environmental planning while including topics on environmental economics and development economics emphasizing dynamic and spatial dimensions in sustainable economics.
Course/Module aims:
Understanding various economic, environmental and social considerations in environmental planning at local, national and international levels.
Understanding the link between planning.
Understanding the dilemmas between in environmental development and planning and the means available to deal with them.
understanding the importance of environmental awareness at various stakeholders.
becoming familiar with Israel's environmental development policy.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Understanding various considerations in environmental planning while including topics on environmental economics and development economics emphasizing dynamic and spatial dimensions in sustainable economics.
Attendance requirements(%):
mandatory
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
9 frontal classes and 5 recorded classes (Coursera:The age of sustainable development).
Course/Module Content:
Policy and economic consideration in environmental policy.
What is sustainable development?
Environmental planning and land use planning. evaluating the value of the environment. approval of topic for students' projects.
How to measure economic development and the variation among countries.
climate change
Growth and the limits of the planet.
sustainable cities
Environment, health and population growth.
Ethics and environmental justice.
Environmental awareness.
projects' presentation by students
Transboundary environmental issues: strategic thinking, conventions, trade permits
Transboundary environmental issues (cont.): coordination of activities in managing natural resources.
Required Reading:
Dasgupta, P.S. (1996) "The Economics of the Environment," Environmental and Development Economics 1:387-429
Coursera- week 1
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld
Part I: Our Common Vision of The Future We Want outcome document of the Rio+20 Conference (3 pages) http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol&eq;A/RES/66/288&Lang&eq;E
Tietenberg, Valuing the environment: methods, Chapter 3
שינוי אקלים: החלטת הממשלה בישראל בעניין הפחתת פליטות גזי חממה וייעול צריכת האנרגיה במשק, ספטמבר 2015
http://www.sviva.gov.il/subjectsenv/climatechange/parisconfcc2015/documents/climatechange-gov-17092015.pdf
Tietenberg, Development, poverty and the environment, Chapter 22, pp.520-530
Coursera- week 2
Global Profile of Extreme Poverty and Hunger, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/121015-Profile-of-Extreme-Poverty.pdf
Coursera – week 12
Curbing climate change
עדכונים מהוועידה בפאריז באתר "מסגרת אמנת האקלים"
UNFCCC (UNITED NATION FARMEWORK FOR CLIMATE CHANGE CONVENTION)
Coursera – week 6
Coursera- week 11
Campbell, S. (1996) "Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development," Journal of the American Planning Association 62(3) 296-312
Tietenberg, The population problem, Chapter 6
Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda, UN Task Team on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (15 pages) http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/untaskteam_undf/thinkpieces/8_health.pdf
Rimjhim Aggarwal, Sinaia Netanyahu and Claudia Romano, Access to natural resources and the fertility decision of women: the case of South Africa. Environment and Development Economics, 2001, vol. 6, issue 02, pages 209-236
Tietenberg, Environmental Justice, Chapter 21
Addressing inequalities: The heart of the post-2015 agenda and the future we want for all, UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 Development Agenda (15 pages) http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/untaskteam_undf/thinkpieces/10_inequalities.pdf
In Kivell, et al., (eds.). Buckingham-Hatfield, Public participation in Local Agenda 21: the usual suspects, Chapter 15
In Helm (ed.)
Barrett, The problem of global environmental protection, Chapter 6
In Helm (ed.):
Swanson, The regulation of oceanic resources, Chapter 8
Global Biodiversity Outlook 3, Convention on Biological Diversity. Executive Summary and Introduction (8 pages) http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/gbo/gbo3-final-en.pdf
Climate Change: Evidence and Causes
https://d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net/susdev%2FNAS%20RS%20climate-change-evidence-causes.pdf
Additional Reading Material:
Helm, D., ed. (1991) Economic Policy Towards the Environment, Blackwell, Oxford
Kivell, P., P. Roberts, G. Walker (eds.) (1998) Environment, Planning and Land Use, Ashgate Publishing Company
Tietenberg, T. (2000) Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Addison-Wesley, Massachusetts.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 40 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 10 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 50 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
presenting the project in class in mandatory as well receiving a ok on the topic in advance.
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