East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Environment and Society / Edition 1

by David Turnock

Overview

In this new textbook, Turnock assesses the entire former Soviet Union, including the former socialist states on its western border. The whole area is involved in a transition away from a system of totalitarian government and central planning, yet this is taking place among landscapes with extremely varied cultural and environmental qualities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340692165
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/29/2001
Series:	A Hodder Arnold Publication Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Turnock is Emeritus Professor of Human Geography at the University of Leicester, UK.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Historical-cultural legacies / The states system and the shaping of the ethnic guilt / Twentieth century geopolitics as the base of Soviet planning / Development cycles and the role of the railway / Phases of urbanisation and changing town-country relations / Part 2 - Contemporary human processes / Ethnicity / Trade and foreign relations / Agrarian change / Industrial restructuring / Urban systems / Rebuilding the service sector / Transport integration and the creation of missing links / Competition between the regions / Part 3 - Environmental management / Communist plans to transform the landscape / Major ecological dislocations / Towards a sustainable agriculture / Industry, pollution and sensitive environments / Power and the nuclear question / Biosphere reserves, national parks and urban conservation.