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Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban and Industrial Environments SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (306 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262255493
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet UnionDDC classification:
  • 363.700947
LOC classification:
  • GE160.F6E576 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 Estonia -- 10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict -- Conclusion -- Index.
Summary: 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.
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Intro -- 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 Estonia -- 10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict -- Conclusion -- Index.

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.

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