Foreword; Mauro Agnoletti, Simone Neri Serneri.- Contributors.- 1. Energy in history; Paolo Malanima.- 2. Economic history and the environment: new questions, approaches and methodologies; Enric Tello Aragay, Gabriel Jover Avell?.- 3. Environmental history of soils; Verena Winiwarter.- 4. Environmental history of water resources; Stephane Frioux.- 5. Environmental history of air pollution and protection; Stephen Mosley.- 6. Urban development and environment; Dieter Schott.- 7. History of Waste Management and the Social and Cultural Representations of Waste; Sabine Barles.- 8. History of technological hazards, disasters and accidents; Gianni Silei.