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Environmental justice and sustainability in the former Soviet Union /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Agyeman, Julian, Ogneva-Himmelberger, Yelena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2009.
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The law as a source of environmental justice in the Russian Federation / Brian Donohoe
  • Thinking globally, limited locally: the Russian environmental movement and sustainable development / Laura A. Henry
  • Places and identities on Sakhalin Island: situating the emerging movements for "sustainable Sakhalin" / Jessica K. Graybill
  • Oil wealth, environment, and equity in Azerbaijan / Shannon O'Lear
  • Civil society and the debate over pipelines in Tunka National Park, Russia / Katherine Metzo
  • The role of culture and nationalism in Latvian environmentalism and the implications for environmental justice / Tamara Steger
  • The fight for community justice against big oil in the Caspian region: the case of Berezovka, Kazakhstan / Kate Watters
  • Viliui Sakha of Subarctic Russia and their struggle for environmental justice / Susan Crate
  • Environmental justice and sustainability in post-soviet Estonia / Maaris Raudsepp, Mati Heidmets, and Juri Kruusvall
  • Environmental injustices, unsustainable livelihoods, and conflict: natural capital inaccessibility and loss among rural households in Tajikistan / Dominic Strucker.