Environmental and resource economics is an essential challenge for the sustainable development of human society. Nowadays, China's economy grows rapidly, while the pressure on the environment and resources is increasing, and the shortage of resources, the pollution of environment, the ecological destruction are increasingly serious. Environmental and resource economics, which is based on the analysis of the relationship between environmental and economic system, study the theory and method of environmental resources and natural resources management, as well as the evaluation of environmental and resource management policy. This course aims to students majored in Rural Regional Development.