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Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union.
Title:
Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union.
Author:
Agyeman, Julian.
ISBN:
9780262255493
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (306 pages)
Series:
Urban and Industrial Environments Ser.
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 Estonia -- 10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict -- Conclusion -- Index.
Abstract:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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