In this free online course on Studies of Environmental Management, you will learn that everything we do affects our environment and the people that live in it. Environmental Management (EM) is the process of managing the environmental issues associated with an organization's activities. This course will teach you how economists define environmental outcomes, positive and negative externalities, public goods and common-property resources, the measures of value, willingness to pay, and willingness to accept.

You will also learn about how to use an environmental evaluation toolkit, such as direct, revealed preference and stated preference, important features of costs, cost-benefit analysis, criteria for evaluating a project and incentive policies. Next, you will learn about environmental regulations governing waste management, waste management strategies, and government regulations set for the protection of human health and the environment. Finally, you will learn about the four steps of risk assessment, and how to evaluate uncertainties in a risk assessment.

This free online course will be of great interest to students, individuals and professionals with an interest in environmental protection, climate change, environmental resource management, environmental issues around the world, and environmental science in general. Enroll in this online course today and improve your knowledge and skills on environmental management!

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What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Discuss how economists define envir...
Identify the difference between the...
Examine valuation methods in all th...
Discuss what cost-benefit analysis ...
Discuss how economists define environmental outcomes that make society as well off as possible
Identify the difference between the two economic measures of value, willingness to pay and willingness to accept
Examine valuation methods in all three parts of the environmental valuation toolkit: direct revealed preference and stated preference methods
Discuss what cost-benefit analysis is, and be aware of some of its limitations
Discuss what incentive policies (taxes and tradable permits) are, what they do, and what their strengths and weaknesses are
Discuss the content and the goals of four-step of the risk assessment process
Examine how to quantitatively estimate cumulative cancer and non-cancer risks
Discuss how to identify/evaluate uncertainties in risk assessment

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