Exam Details
| Subject | Ecological Economics | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Post Graduate Diploma In Sustainability Science (PGDSS) | |
| Department | School of Agriculture (SOA) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1. Attempt any ten questions. Answer the following questions in about 100 words each. Each question carries 2 marks.
Define 'Green Economics'.
What is 'value in use' and 'value in exchange'
State the 'second law of thermodynamics'.
Write the basic concept behind 'the tragedy of the commons'.
Explain I=PAT.
How economists defined the Renewable and Non-renewable resources?
What is 'Fund-Service resource'
Differentiate between 'Human Capital' and 'Intellectual Capital'.
Define the term Internationalization.
What is human energy equivalent?
What are the four types of natural resources based on the relationships between resources and its users?
Explain the 'Poverty-Environment-Hypothesis',
What is the basic objective of ecosystem valuation?
What are the three broad policy instruments to control and regulate pollution
What is the basic concept behind 'carbon market'
2. Attempt any eight questions, Write short notes on the following in about 300 words each. Each question carries 5 marks.
Environmental Kuznet hypothesis
Total Economic value of Ecosystem Services
Advantages of Hedonic Pricing Method
Market based instruments
Carbon offsets
Net National Product
Trade and Natural Resource policies link
Economic theories of non-renewable resources
Waste absorption capacity as economic characteristics
Living Planet Index
Urban Solid Waste
Chipko movement
3. Attempt any four questions. Answer the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 10 marks.
Write an essay on 'ecological scarcity and the issue of sustainability'.
Will the environment's ability to process wastes limit the economic growth Comment.
Explain how globalization and international trade lead to overexploitation of local resources.
Briefly discuss the impact of economic activity on climate change.
Write an essay on 'Green accounting and sustainable development'.
Briefly explain the concept of Total Economic Values of Ecosystem Services with suitable example in India.
Define 'Green Economics'.
What is 'value in use' and 'value in exchange'
State the 'second law of thermodynamics'.
Write the basic concept behind 'the tragedy of the commons'.
Explain I=PAT.
How economists defined the Renewable and Non-renewable resources?
What is 'Fund-Service resource'
Differentiate between 'Human Capital' and 'Intellectual Capital'.
Define the term Internationalization.
What is human energy equivalent?
What are the four types of natural resources based on the relationships between resources and its users?
Explain the 'Poverty-Environment-Hypothesis',
What is the basic objective of ecosystem valuation?
What are the three broad policy instruments to control and regulate pollution
What is the basic concept behind 'carbon market'
2. Attempt any eight questions, Write short notes on the following in about 300 words each. Each question carries 5 marks.
Environmental Kuznet hypothesis
Total Economic value of Ecosystem Services
Advantages of Hedonic Pricing Method
Market based instruments
Carbon offsets
Net National Product
Trade and Natural Resource policies link
Economic theories of non-renewable resources
Waste absorption capacity as economic characteristics
Living Planet Index
Urban Solid Waste
Chipko movement
3. Attempt any four questions. Answer the following questions in about 500 words each. Each question carries 10 marks.
Write an essay on 'ecological scarcity and the issue of sustainability'.
Will the environment's ability to process wastes limit the economic growth Comment.
Explain how globalization and international trade lead to overexploitation of local resources.
Briefly discuss the impact of economic activity on climate change.
Write an essay on 'Green accounting and sustainable development'.
Briefly explain the concept of Total Economic Values of Ecosystem Services with suitable example in India.
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Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Challenges To Sustainable Development
- Ecological Economics
- Ecosystem And Natural Resources
- Institutions, Governance And Policies
- Socio-Cultural System
- Strategies And Models For Sustainability
- Sustainability Science