Cultures of contamination : legacies of pollution in Russia and the U.S. /

This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding of differences in how it is being addressed. Hopefully the illumination of the problem will contribute to a better understanding of the constraining c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Edelstein, Michael R., Tysiachniouk, Maria, Smirnova, Lyudmila V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier JAI, 2007.
Colección:Research in social problems and public policy ; v. 14.
Temas:
Pollution > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Environmental degradation > Social aspects > Russia (Federation)
Radioactive pollution > Russia (Federation)
Environmental health > Russia (Federation)
Environmental degradation > Psychological aspects.
Pollution > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental degradation > Social aspects > United States.
Environmental health > United States.
Pollution.
Environmental health.
Social change.
Environmental Pollution
Environmental Health
Environmental Illness > psychology
Internationality
Radioactive Pollutants
Social Change
Pollution > Aspect social > Russie.
Environnement > Dégradation > Aspect social > Russie.
Pollution radioactive > Russie.
Environnement > Dégradation > Aspect psychologique.
Pollution > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Environnement > Dégradation > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Hygiène du milieu.
Changement social.
Waste management.
Pollution & threats to the environment.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Social change
Pollution
Environmental degradation > Social aspects
Environmental health
Pollution > Social aspects
Radioactive pollution
Russia
United States
Russia (Federation)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; US and Russian Map; Sustainability and the Need to Deal With the Contaminated Legacy: A Comparison of Russia and the U.S.; Introduction: Sustainability and the Legacy of Contamination; A Short Eco-Historical Analysis; The Project; This Volume; Notes; References; Part 1: The Dynamics of a Contaminated Community; Section 1: Introduction; The Love Canal: Social Science Research in a Community in Crisis; Forging Change in a Contaminated Russian City: A Longitudinal View of Kirishi; Sokol: Seeing the Forests for the Trees.

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