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CIP 2020

Detail for CIP Code 03.0204

Title: Environmental/Natural Resource Economics.

Definition: A 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. Includes instruction 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. See also: 01.0103) Agricultural Economics.

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03.0204 Natural Resource Economics. No substantive changes 03.0204 Environmental/Natural Resource Economics.
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