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Environmental justice and sustainability in the former Soviet Union / edited by Julian Agyeman and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Urban and industrial environments.
- Urban and industrial environments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation--Former Soviet republics.
- Environmental degradation.
- Environmental justice--Former Soviet republics.
- Environmental justice.
- Environmental policy--Former Soviet republics.
- Environmental policy.
- Former Soviet republics--Environmental conditions.
- Former Soviet republics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is an examination of the awareness of environmental and social justice issues in the former Soviet republics - from the Western-style democracies of the Baltic region to the totalitarian regimes of Central Asia - and the resulting activism in those states.
- Contents:
- Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Law as a Source of Environmental Injustice in the Russian Federation; 2 Thinking Globally, Limited Locally; 3 Places and Identities on Sakhalin Island; 4 Oil Wealth, Environment, and Equity in Azerbaijan; 5 Civil Society and the Debate over Pipelines in Tunka National Park, Russia; 6 The Role of Culture and Nationalism in Latvian Environmentalism and the Implications for Environmental Justice; 7 The Fight for Community Justice against Big Oil in the Caspian Region; 8 Viliui Sakha of Subarctic Russia and Their Struggle for Environmental Justice
- 9 Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Post-Soviet Estonia10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict; Conclusion; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-31013-9
- 1-282-24030-7
- 9786612240300
- 0-262-25549-9
- OCLC:
- 428687546
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612240300
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