LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2008
EC 1808 – ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Date : 03/05/2008 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART – A
Answer any FIVE of the following in about 75 words each (5 X 4 = 20 marks)
- State the material balance model
- Bring out the ‘GAIA’ hypothesis
- What is ‘Green House Effect’
- Bring out the technical details of ‘Environmental Segments’
- What is meant by ‘Ecology’?
- Briefly explain the concept ‘Bio-diversity’ with suitable examples.
- Write a short note on ‘Thermal Shock’.
PART – B
Answer any FOUR of the following in about 250 words each (4 X 10 = 40 marks)
- Discuss the ‘Sustainable Development Paradigm’ with a special reference to India.
- Bring out the debate on ‘Ecology and Economic Development’
- Examine the market-based instruments for pollution abatement.
- Bring out the property rights and Coasean bargaining problem.
- Discuss the technical, physical and biological aspects of environment pollution.
- Examine Garrett Hardin’s concept of misuse of public properties.
- Bring out the environmental consequences of rural-urban migration.
PART – C
Answer any TWO of the following in about 900 words each. (2 X 20 = 40 marks)
- Critically estimate the theoretical foundations in environmental economics with the special reference to Pareto.
- Examine the role of Government in Environmental Management
- Discuss the causes & consequences of Air Pollution and suggest remedies.
- Bring out and examine the nature and scope of the subject ‘Environmental Economics’
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