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BL
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972663
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b727033
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Environmental justice and sustainability in the former Soviet Union /\ edited by Julian Agyeman and Yelena Ogneva-Himmelberger.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, MA :: MIT Press,, ©2009.
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| Series Statement
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Urban and industrial environments
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1 online resource (vi, 296 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0262012669
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: 0262255499
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: 0262512335
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: 1282240307
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: 9780262012669
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: 9780262255493
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: 9780262512336
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: 9781282240308
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Environmental degradation-- Former Soviet republics.
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Environmental justice-- Former Soviet republics.
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Environmental policy-- Former Soviet republics.
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Ecology.
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Environmental degradation.
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Environmental justice.
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Environmental policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Environmental Policy.
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SCIENCE-- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry-- Environmental)
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Former Soviet republics, Environmental conditions.
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Soviet Union, Former Soviet republics.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.700947
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| LC Classification
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GE160.F6E576 2009eb
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| Added Entry
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Agyeman, Julian.
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Ogneva-Himmelberger, Yelena.
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