East Europe and the former Soviet Union : environment and society / edited by David Turnock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turnock, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Europe, Eastern.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--Former Soviet republics.

Human ecology--Russia (Federation).

Human geography.

Russia (Federation).

Human geography--Europe, Eastern.

Human geography--Russia (Federation).

Human geography--Former Soviet republics.

Eastern Europe.

Physical Description:

xiii, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Arnold ; New York : Co-published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Map: Countries of East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union xiv

1 Introduction: transition economies - the political-economic context / David Turnock 1

Part I Historical geography 11

2 The transition economies in historical perspective / David Turnock 13

3 The states system / F.W. Carter 30

4 Russia and the Heartland episode / Anthony J. Budd, David Turnock 41

5 Economic development and its legacy / Andrew Dawson 56

6 The Hungarian urban network: historical perspectives / Pal Beluszky 69

Part II Contemporary human processes 81

7 Introduction to contemporary human processes / Andrew Dawson 83

8 Ethnicity / Karoly Kocsis 88

9 Agrarian change / Bronislaw Gorz, Wlodzimierz Kurek 104

10 Industrial restructuring between Magdeburg and Magadan: on the road from Marx to Market? / F.E. Ian Hamilton 118

11 Changing urban landscapes in East Central Europe / Keith Grime, Zoltan Kovacs 130

12 Transport and tourism / Derek Hall 140

13 Transition regions and the new economic development / Tassilo Herrschel 152

Part III The environment 163

14 Introduction to the environment / David Turnock 165

15 The state of the environment in the CIS / Jonathan D. Oldfield, Denis J.B. Shaw 173

16 The environmental challenge of societal transition in East Central Europe / Alan Dingsdale, Denes Loczy 187

17 Sustainable agriculture / Bronislaw Gorz, Wlodzimierz Kurek 200

18 The Bulgarian nuclear energy sector in context / Caedmon Staddon, Phil Taylor 207

19 Environmental protection: the Carpathian ecoregion / David Turnock 216

20 Conclusion: environmental geographies of post-socialist transition / Caedmon Staddon, David Turnock 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-264) and index.

ISBN:

0340692154

0340692162

OCLC:

48220457