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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

BC 31

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)

1. State the material balance model
2. Bring out the ‘GAIA’ hypothesis
3. What is ‘Green House Effect’
4. Bring out the technical details of ‘Environmental Segments’
5. What is meant by ‘Ecology’?
6. Briefly explain the concept ‘Bio-diversity’ with suitable examples.
7. 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)

8. Discuss the ‘Sustainable Development Paradigm’ with a special reference to India.
9. Bring out the debate on ‘Ecology and Economic Development’
10. Examine the market-based instruments for pollution abatement.
11. Bring out the property rights and Coasean bargaining problem.
12. Discuss the technical, physical and biological aspects of environment pollution.
13. Examine Garrett Hardin’s concept of misuse of public properties.
14. 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)

15. Critically estimate the theoretical foundations in environmental economics with the special reference to Pareto.
16. Examine the role of Government in Environmental Management
17. Discuss the causes & consequences of Air Pollution and suggest remedies.
18. Bring out and examine the nature and scope of the subject ‘Environmental Economics’

 

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