Includes bibliographies and index.

Environmental quality and resource use under laissez-faire / J.A. Butlin -- Economic policy and the threat of doom / J.E. Meade -- Natural resource economics / J.P. McInerney -- Economics and resources / G.M. Heal --Economics of a throwaway society /T . Page -- Social welfare and exhaustible resources / P. Grout -- Rational resource management and institutional constraints / P. Copes -- The economics of fishing / G.R. Munro -- The contribution of economic incentives to solid waste management / J.A. Butlin --An economist's view of pollution charges as regulatory instruments / J.M. Marquand -- A survey of international economic repercussions of environmental policy / I. Walter -- The role of international organisations in the control of transfrontier natural resources and environmental issues / M. Potier.