The first part of the course is devoted to learning the basic principles and tools of Environmental Economics to understand how the current linear economic model works and what are its main problems.
The second part of the course focuses more specifically on the Circular Economy (CE) and the the main environmental, economic and social advantages from the adoption of a circular economic model compared to the linear model. In this part, we will analyse the main principles and characteristics of the circular economy, as well as economic, normative aspects and policy implications of a circular economic model at the European and Italian level.

Stephen Smith (2011). Environmental Economics: a very short introduction. Oxford University Press.