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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
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental degradation--Former Soviet republics.
- Environmental justice--Former Soviet republics.
- Environmental policy--Former Soviet republics.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental justice.
- Environmental degradation.
- Former Soviet republics--Environmental conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 296 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2009]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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:
- 1 The Law as a Source of Environmental Justice in the Russian Federation / Brian Donohoe 21
- 2 Thinking Globally, Limited Locally: The Russian Environmental Movement and Sustainable Development / Laura A. Henry 47
- 3 Places and Identities on Sakhalin Island: Situating the Emerging Movements for "Sustainable Sakhalin" / Jessica K. Graybill 71
- 4 Oil Wealth, Environment, and Equity in Azerbaijan / Shannon O'Lear 97
- 5 Civil Society and the Debate over Pipelines in Tunka National Park, Russia / Katherine Metzo 119
- 6 The Role of Culture and Nationalism in Latvian Environmentalism and the Implications for Environmental Justice / Tamara Steger 141
- 7 The Fight for Community Justice against Big Oil in the Caspian Region: The Case of Berezovka, Kazakhstan / Kate Watters 153
- 8 Viliui Sakha of Subarctic Russia and Their Struggle for Environmental Justice / Susan Crate 189
- 9 Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Post-Soviet Estonia / Maaris Raudsepp, Mati Heidmets, Juri Kruusvall 215
- 10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict: Natural Capital Inaccessibility and Loss among Rural Households in Tajikistan / Dominic Stucker 237.
- Notes:
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 9780262255493
- 0262255499
- 9780262012669
- 0262012669
- 0262512335
- 9780262512336
- 1282240307
- 9781282240308
- OCLC:
- 428687546
- Publisher Number:
- 9786612240300
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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