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Urban Engineering and Management This course introduces urban, energy, environmental engineering and planning theory applied to practice. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Urbanization and innovative technology shape the future of urban cities. Using theory and practice of urban engineering, we discuss the future of cities. COURSE OUTLINE: ・Urban, energy and transportation ・Science, engineering, and policy ・Megacities and globalization ・Business opportunity and risk ・Redefining markets

Environmental Strategy and Management This course focuses on proactive corporate environmental strategies through a series of case studies. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Can firms shape regulation to secure competitive advantage? What is the potential for product differentiation along environmental lines? Can firms earn cost savings by reducing their environmental impacts? What is the role of socially responsible investment in the environmental realm? In short, does it pay to be green?　Additionally, this course provides a comprehensive analysis of managerial efficiency and environmental policy within the context of several industries. It identifies and measures the impact of efficiency change, both in market and environmental output sectors and takes steps to identify the key causal relationships. COURSE OUTLINE: ・Approaches to business and the environment ・Differentiating products ・Managing your competitors ・Saving costs ・Managing environmental risk ・Redefining markets

Environmental Economics and Policy COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides a comprehensive account of the application of economic analysis to environmental issues. The course covers both methodological topics and recent applications. Using microeconomic principles, we will examine such topics as the sustainability problems, ethics and the environment, climate change, irreversibility and uncertainty, trade and the environment, public policies, and business practices. COURSE OUTLINE: Following is a tentative outline. I will let you know if there are any additions, deletions, or rearrangements. I don’t want to tie us to an inflexible schedule, but I’ll keep you posted each week on where you should be in the reading. Part One: Economics and Environment Primer: Economic Concepts for Environment Market failure and public policy Concepts of sustainability Ethics and the environment Part Two: Global environmental problems International externalities Trade and the environment Global climate change Acidification, ozone layer, and biodiversity Linkages Part Three: Practice in environmental policies Pollution control: Targets and instruments Sustainable development and politics Water and air pollution Recycling and waste Emission trading Part Four: Environmental management and strategy Approaches to business and the environment Differentiating products Managing your competitors Saving costs Managing environmental risk Redefining markets SUPPLEMENTS: Managi, S. (Eds.) "Handbook of Environmental Economics in Asia." Routledge, New York, USA 2014. Charles Kolstad. Environmental Economics. Oxford University Press. 1999. Robert N. Stavins, ed. Economics of the Environment: Selected Readings, Fourth Edition. New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2000. Forest L. Reinhardt, Down to Earth: Applying Business Principles to Environmental Management Harvard Business School Pr., 1999. ASSESSMENT: Grades will be assigned according to the following weighting scheme: 20 % Mid-term Exam 40 % Final Exam 20 % Homework 20 % Class Participation The homework must be typed in single space, and please keep one copy for yourself.

Energy Policy COURSE OUTLINE: Energy Technology Strategy and Management Oil, Coal, and Gas Shale Gas Renewable Energy Nuclear Energy Economics and Politics