{"id":5967,"date":"2024-08-23T16:03:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T20:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/?p=5967"},"modified":"2025-03-12T09:03:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:03:33","slug":"microeconomics-and-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/2024\/08\/23\/microeconomics-and-the-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Microeconomics and the Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment5968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment5968\" style=\"width: 585px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/gustavo-quepon-pF_2lrjWiJE-unsplash-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" class=\"wp-image-5968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/gustavo-quepon-pF_2lrjWiJE-unsplash-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/gustavo-quepon-pF_2lrjWiJE-unsplash-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/gustavo-quepon-pF_2lrjWiJE-unsplash-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/gustavo-quepon-pF_2lrjWiJE-unsplash-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/03\/gustavo-quepon-pF_2lrjWiJE-unsplash-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment5968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Gustavo Quep\u00f3n via Unsplash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Brian Roach, Erin Lennox and Anne-Marie Codur<\/p>\n<p>This module provides an introduction to the economic analysis of environmental issues, providing broader perspectives on sustainability and ecological economics as well as standard environmental economic techniques such as valuation. Applications include fisheries management, sustainable agriculture, and global climate change. It has been updated to include the latest data and policy applications.<\/p>\n<p><span>This 63-page module is suitable for several weeks of class time.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/files\/2024\/07\/MicroAndtheEnvironment-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Teaching Module<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Exercise answers are available for this module,<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:eci@bu.edu\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:eci@bu.edu\">Contact us<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>with proof of instructor status to receive access to these materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Brian Roach, Erin Lennox and Anne-Marie Codur This module provides an introduction to the economic analysis of environmental issues, providing broader perspectives on sustainability and ecological economics as well as standard environmental economic techniques such as valuation. Applications include fisheries management, sustainable agriculture, and global climate change. It has been updated to include the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22900,"featured_media":5968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[168,107,169,158,167,329],"tags":[330,288,370,239,372,439,368,369,371,373],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22900"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5967"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6564,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5967\/revisions\/6564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}