Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Stating th problem -- Environmental sciences, sustainability, and quality / Jan J. Boersema -- Biogeochemical cycles / Lucas Reijnders -- Reconstructing environmental changes over the last 3 million years / A.M. Mannion -- Environmental history: object of study and methodology / Petra J. E. M. van Dam and S. Wybren Verstegen -- Human environmental history since the origin of agriculture / Clive Ponting -- Recent developments and trends / Lucas Reijnders, Jan Bakkes, and Klaas van Egmond -- Principles and methods -- General principles / Craig Dilworth -- Specific principles / Lucas Reijnders -- Social science and environmental behaviour / Linda Steg and Charles Vlek -- The natural environment / Piet H. Nienhuis with contributions of Egbert Boeker -- Analytical tools for the environment-economy interaction / Paul Ekins -- Analysis of physical interactions between the economy and the environment / Helias A. Udo de Haes and Reinout Heijungs -- Environmental policy instruments / Gjalt Huppes and Udo E. Simonis -- Environmental institutions and learning: perspectives from the policy sciences / Matthijs Hisschemöller, Jan Eberg, Anita Engels, and Konrad von Moltke -- Technology for environmental problems / Karel Mulder -- Integration / Jan J. Boersema -- Environmental modelling / H.J.M. (Bert) de Vries -- An illustration of the LCA technique / Reinout Heijungs -- Integrated assessment / Jean-Paul Hettelingh, Bert J. M. de Vries, and Leen Hordijk -- Context and perspectives -- Environmental policies in their cultural and historical contexts / Maurie J. Cohen -- National policy styles and waste management in the Netherlands and Bavaria / Jan Eberg -- Land use in Zimbabwe and neighbouring Southern African countries / Ignas M.A. Heitkönig and Herbert H. T. Prins -- Climate change policy of Germany, UK and USA / Richard van der Wurff -- Technical progress, finite resources and intergenerational justice / Wilfred Beckerman -- Sustainability is an objective value / Herman E. Daly -- A rejoinder to Wilfred Beckerman and Herman Daly / Roefie Hueting -- Transitions to sustainability as societal innovations / Anna J. Wieczorek and Frans Berkhout -- Agriculture and food problems / David Pimentel -- Tracing the sustainable development of nations with integrated indicators / Bastiaan Zoeteman.

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