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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455024503321

Titolo

Environmental justice and sustainability in the former Soviet Union [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Julian Agyeman and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2009

ISBN

0-262-31013-9

1-282-24030-7

9786612240300

0-262-25549-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (306 p.)

Collana

Urban and industrial environments

Altri autori (Persone)

AgyemanJulian

Ogneva-HimmelbergerYelena

Disciplina

363.700947

Soggetti

Environmental degradation - Former Soviet republics

Environmental justice - Former Soviet republics

Environmental policy - Former Soviet republics

Electronic books.

Former Soviet republics Environmental conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 Estonia10 Environmental Injustices, Unsustainable Livelihoods, and Conflict; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.