Part I- 1.Introduction: managing the natural environment- why and how; 2.The geography of pollution; 3.The geography of conservation; 4. Environmental law; 5. Environmental Economics, resources, and commerce.; Part 2- 6. Patterns of air pollution : critical loads and abatement strategies; 7. Patterns of fresh water pollution; 8. Patterns of land, water and air pollution by waste; 9. Metal pollution of soils and sediment: A geographical perspective; 10 Emergency planning and pollution Part 3- 11. Radiation and the environment: types, sources, impacts and management; 12. Global environmental implications for future energy supply and use; 13. Natural environments of the future: adapting, conserving, restoring; 14. Planning, control or management ?