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1 online resource (vi, 296 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Urban and industrial environments
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Urban and industrial environments.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Environmental degradation -- Former Soviet republics.
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Environmental degradation. |
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Environmental justice -- Former Soviet republics.
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Environmental justice. |
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Environmental policy -- Former Soviet republics.
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Environmental policy. |
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Former Soviet republics -- Environmental conditions.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Agyeman, Julian.
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Ogneva-Himmelberger, Yelena.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Environmental justice and sustainability in the former Soviet Union. Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2009 9780262012669 0262012669 (DLC) 2008042144 (OCoLC)258332348 |
ISBN |
9780262255493 (electronic book) |
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0262255499 (electronic book) |
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9780262012669 (Cloth) |
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0262012669 (Cloth) |
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0262512335 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780262512336 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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1282240307 |
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9781282240308 |
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9780262512336 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
9786612240300 |
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