Department of Economics, Education and Policy of Environment
Introduction
Environment provides various services to human-beings such as providing raw materials and inputs, reducing the impacts of wastes through its buffering capacity and providing an appropriate atmosphere for development. However, there is a close relationship between environment and economy. Degradation of environment not only disrupts ecosystem services but also hampers the process of development and economic growth. It is evident that having a healthy and efficient economy depends on sustainable use of natural ecosystems. Science of economy has a very important role in this regard. Application of economic sciences and techniques in other disciplines of science is necessary for sustainable use of natural resources through which inter-disciplinary field could also be created. The Department of Economic, Education and Policy of Environment is the product of such a concept.
Major objectives:
Environment provides various services to human-beings such as providing raw materials and inputs, reducing the impacts of wastes through its buffering capacity and providing an appropriate atmosphere for development. However, there is a close relationship between environment and economy. Degradation of environment not only disrupts ecosystem services but also hampers the process of development and economic growth. It is evident that having a healthy and efficient economy depends on sustainable use of natural ecosystems. Science of economy has a very important role in this regard. Application of economic sciences and techniques in other disciplines of science is necessary for sustainable use of natural resources through which inter-disciplinary field could also be created. The Department of Economic, Education and Policy of Environment is the product of such a concept.
Major objectives:
- • Optimization of consumption pattern through economic theories and methods
- • Providing prerequisites for sustainable and environment-friendly industrial development
- • Application of economic solutions for controlling environmental pollution
- • Valuation of non-market ecosystem services in order to use in costs-benefit analysis and decision-making processes
- • Economy of water resources and its market
- • Marketing of organic agricultural products
- • Approaches for integration of environmental assets in national accounting
Faculty:
- • Dr. Houman Liaghati
- • Dr. Mohammad Reza Nazari