Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2011
03.0204 - Natural resource economics
This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the application of economic concepts and methods to the analysis of issues such as air and water pollution, land use planning, waste disposal, invasive species and pest control, conservation policies, and related environmental problems. These programs include courses in cost-benefit analysis; environmental impact assessment; evaluation and assessment of alternative resource management strategies; policy evaluation and monitoring; and descriptive and analytic tools for studying how environmental developments affect the economic system.
Illustrative example(s)
- environmental economics
- forest economics
- mineral economics
- natural resource economics
Exclusion(s)
- agricultural economics(01.0103)
- applied economics(45.0602)
- development economics(45.0604)
- economics(45.0601)
- ecotourism(03.0207)
- international economics(45.0605)
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