Revised edition of the author's Principles of environmental economics and sustainability, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: what is environmental economics all about? -- Environmental economics: foundational concepts, theories and perspectives -- The natural environment and the human economy : the neoclassical economic perspective -- The natural environment and the human economy : an ecological perspective -- Tradeoffs : economic activity versus enviornmental quality -- The environment : pollution control, policy instruments, valuation, and project evaluation -- The economic theory of pollution control : the optimal level of pollution -- The economics of environmental regulations : emission standards and effluent charges -- The economics of environmental regulation : transferable emission credits and the macroeconomic effects of environmental regulation -- Economic valuation of environmental goods and services -- Framework for the appraisal of environmental projects : cost-benefit analysis and others -- An emerging environmental reality -- The economics of climate change -- Limit to growth and sustainability in theory and practice -- Biophysical limits to economic growth : malthusian perspectives -- Biophysical limits to economic growth : the neoclassical economic perspective -- The economics of sustainability -- Green accounting and alternative and alternarive indicators of sustainablity -- The business case for environmental sustainability -- Appendix A: Resource scarcity, economic efficiency and markets : how the inviisible hand works -- Appendix B: The developmen.