{"product_id":"the-soviet-environment-problems-policies-and-politics-paperback-9780521117487","title":"The Soviet Environment; Problems, Policies and Politics (Paperback) 9780521117487","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Soviet Environment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProblems, Policies and Politics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, originally published in 1992, describes the Soviet environment at its crisis point in the late 1980s and early 1990s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Massey Stewart (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521117487, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.39 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book, originally published in 1992, describes the Soviet environment at its crisis point in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Beolorussia and the Ukraine had, as a result of the Chernobyl accident, been declared ecological disaster zones and across the country as a whole as many as 20 per cent of the population lived in environmental danger areas and another 35–40 per cent in unsatisfactory conditions. According to a Supreme Soviet Environment Committee report of 1989, 80% of all illness in the USSR related either directly or indirectly to environmental problems. In this book, leading specialists from both the West and the Soviet Union present a comprehensive analysis of these problems. The contributors examine the aftermath of Chernobyl, the catastrophic causes and effects of the Aral Sea's shrinkage, the environmental issues and public unrest. The depth of analysis in this volume together with the breadth of topics addressed will ensure that it is read by students and specialists of the Soviet Union and environmental issues, as well as by all government officials, journalists and industrialists with an interest in the Soviet environment.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNotes on contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Environmentalism and nationalism: an unlikely twist in an unlikely direction Marshall I. Goldman\u003cbr\u003e 2. The environmental basis for ethnic unrest in the Baltic republics Philip R. Pryde\u003cbr\u003e 3. Political participation, nationalism and environmental politics in the USSR Charles E. Ziegler\u003cbr\u003e 4. BAM after the fanfare: the unbearable ecumene Victor L. Mote\u003cbr\u003e 5. The massive degradation of ecosystems in the USSR Zeev Wolfson\u003cbr\u003e 6. The new politics in the USSR: the case of the environment Joan Debardeleben\u003cbr\u003e 7. Water management in Soviet Central Asia: problems and prospects Philip P. Micklin\u003cbr\u003e 8. Perestroika: how it affects Soviet participation in environmental cooperation Elena Nikitina\u003cbr\u003e 9. US–Soviet cooperation for environmental protection: how successful are the bilateral agreements? Kathleen E. Braden\u003cbr\u003e 10. US–USSR nuclear safety cooperation: prospects for health and environmental collaboration Michael Congdon\u003cbr\u003e 11. The global impact of the Chernobyl accident five years after Zhores Medvedev\u003cbr\u003e 12. Glasnost, perestroika and eco-sovietology Igor I. Altshuler, Yuri N. Golubchikov and Ruben A. Mnatsakanyan\u003cbr\u003e 13. Environmental issues in the Soviet Arctic and the fate of northern natives Alexei Yu. Roginko\u003cbr\u003e 14. Air and water problems beyond the Urals John Massey Stewart\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Regional geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20geography%20%5BRGL%5D%22\"\u003eRGL\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006524477720,"sku":"9780521117487","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521117487i_a5abfcaa-d827-4b6d-85d5-f4347ca642f6.jpg?v=1691371563","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-soviet-environment-problems-policies-and-politics-paperback-9780521117487","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}