Environmental and Forest Surveying and Economics

The aim of the course is to provide:
- basic knowledge related to the judgement of value pertaining the rural world, both with reference to public and private activities
- the tools for the economic evaluation of assets and entrepreneurial choices
- the basis for the study of the microeconomics of the environment and the macroeconomics of the environment
- the elements for understanding the functioning and for evaluating the efficiency of economic policy instruments for the regulation of environmental quality (taxes, emission trading, subsidies).
- a vision on the institutional framework of the EU Rural Development Policies (RDP) and on the implementation of the main RDP schemes to support agriculture multifunctionality and rural sustainability

The skills acquired will make the student able to:
- estimate and to conduct market valuation related to rural activity, both with reference to private and public goods
- Interpret the main economic dynamics underlying environmental phenomena
- to choose and adopt public support instruments tailored for the specific needs of entrepreneurs in the mountain rural areas