General Information

Language

English.

Published

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Physical Description

xv, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Massey Stewart, John, 1926-2006.

World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies (4th : 1990 : (Harrogate, England))

Contents/Summary

Summary

This 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.

Subjects

Subject

Environmental policy > Soviet Union > Congresses.

Green movement > Soviet Union > Congresses.

Pollution > Soviet Union > Congresses.

Nationalism > Soviet Union > Congresses.

Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991 > Congresses.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by John Massey Stewart.

Note

"Selected papers from the Fourth World Congress for Soviet and East European Studies, Harrogate, July 1990"--P. preceding t.p.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

ISBN

0521414180

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	363.7/00947 STE		OSA Repository	-

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