Six Objectives
1.Review the fundamental relevant attributes of property rights.
2.Discuss the key weakness of private property rights and environmental quality problems and relate this to pollution prevention incentives.

3.Briefly evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the major methods for environmental conservation, quality protection, and improvement. 

4.Present a linked ecologic-economic-geographic optimization model which incorporates measures of equity and ecosystem services in a spatial context .

5.Conclude with a call for a comprehensive environmental management systems model which utilizes educational, regulatory and market approaches.