Pt. I. Environmental Economics and Sustainability - The Setting. 1. Background to Environmental Economics and Sustainable Development -- Pt. II. Externalities and Policies to Control Environmental Spillovers. 2. On the Theory of Externalities: Relevant and Irrelevant Externalities. 3. Relevance of Non-Marginal Externalities: Allowing for Extra-Marginal External Economies. 4. Pollution Control Policies: Proposals by Economists -- Pt. III. Project Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment. 5. The Law, Risk Taking and Environmental Spillovers. 6. Externalities and Coasian Considerations in Project Evaluation. 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis, the Environment and Informational Constraints. 8. Project Appraisal and Sustainability -- Pt. IV. Sustainable Development and Economic Activity. 9. The Nature of Sustainability and of Sustainable Development. 10. Sustainable Development - Differing Perspectives of Ecologists and Economists
11. Economics, Ecology and Sustainable Agricultural Systems. 12. Exploitation of Techniques that Decline in Effectiveness with Use -- Pt. V. Environmental Policies and Global Conservation. 13. Ecological Economics and Major Policy Issues. 14. The World Conservation Strategy: An Economic Critique. 15. Resource Conservation and Sustainability in Developing Countries and Global Concerns. 16. Economic Instruments for the Control of Global Environmental Problems - Recent Policy Proposals for Caring for the Earth