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VII. Suggested Reading
Tom Totenberg and Lynne Lewis. 2009. 
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Pearson
– Addision Wesley publication, 9th edition.

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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
Vol. 1
694
Lecture Schedule
Sr. No.
Topic
No. of Lecture (s)
Theory
1.
Use of theoretical frameworks of consumer behavior, market
equilibrium, efficiency of perfect and imperfect competition
3
2.
Game theory, and social welfare functions in decision making
about optimization of forest resources
3
3.
Issues and dynamics of domestic and international demand and
supply of forestry products
3
4.
Models of optimal resource use – Applications of dynamic programming
and optimal control – Optimal management of forestry resources –
Logistic growth – Maximum sustainable yield – Optimal harvest rule
4
5.
Regulated and unregulated common property
2
6.
Economics of Forest Resource – optimal harvesting of single
rotation and multiple rotation forests
3
7.
National income accounting – estimation and methods – Issues
and methodologies in green accounting
3
8.
Valuation of forestry goods and services – Direct valuation methods –
Indirect valuation methods
4
9.
Environmental pollution as a case of common property management-
Policy initiatives for improving the management of common property
resources and environmental conservation
3
10.
Environmental regulation and policies – market based
instruments – economic instruments – pollution charges, taxes,
tradable permits
4
Total
32
Practical
1.
Efficiency of perfect and imperfect competition – consumer
surplus analysis. Game theory – social welfare function
3
2.
Derivation of the fundamental equation of renewable resources –
Estimation of growth curves and stock dynamics for forestry
resources. Simple two period problem of optimal resource use –
optimal rotation.
4
3.
National income accounting – methods Environmental Resource
Accounting – Green GDP
2
4.
Direct valuation methods – Indirect valuation methods. Criteria for evaluating
the environment related projects and review of Environmental
impact Assessment 
(
EIA) techniques
4
5.
Practical considerations and comparison of instruments of
environmental policy – pollution control methodologies
3
Total
16