The natural environment and the human economy : the neoclassical perspective -- The natural environment and the human economy : an ecological perspective -- Tradeoffs: economic activity versus environmental quality -- The economic theory of pollution control: the optimal level of pollution -- The economics of environmental regulations I: emission standards and effluent charges -- The economics of environmental regulation II: transferable emission credits and the macroeconomic effects of environmental regulation -- Economic valuation of environmental goods and services -- Frameworks for the economic appraisal of environmental projects: cost-benefit analysis and others -- The economics of climate change -- The economics of biodiversity and ecosystem services -- Biophysical limits to economic growth: Malthusian perspectives -- Biophysial limits to economic growth: the neoclassical perspective -- The economics of sustainability -- Green accounting and alternative indicators of sustainability -- The business case for environmental sustainability -- Environmental sustainability in developing countries -- Appendix A resource scarcity, economic efficiency and markets: how the invisible hand works -- Appendix B the development of ecological economics: a brief historical sketch