Pte.1. The basic economics of the environment and natural resources. Introduction: 1. Environmental quality and resource use under laissez-faire / J. A. Butlin -- 2. Economic policy and the threat of doom / J. E. Meade -- 3. Natural resource economics: the basic analytical principles / J.P. Mclnerney -- Pte. 2. Intertemporal and intergenerational problems. Introduction. 4. Economics and resources / G.M. Heal -- 5. Economics of a throwaway society / T. Page -- 6. Social welfare and exhaustible resources / P. Grout -- Pte. 3. The economics of self-reproducible resources management: The sea fishery- Introduction: 7. Rational resource management and institutional constraints: the case of the fishery / P. Copes -- 8. The economics of fishing: an introduction / G.R. Munro -- Pte. 4. Economic incentives and environmental management- introduction: 9. The contribution of economics incentives to solid waste managment / J.A. Butlin -- 10. An economist´s view of pollution charges as regulatory instruments / J.M. Marquand -- Pte. 5. International aspects of environmental managment-introduction: 11. A survey of international economic repercussions of environmental policy / I. Walter -- 12. The role of international organisations in the control of transfrontier natural resources and environmental issues / M. Potier.