Environmental Security and Quality After Communism: Eastern Europe and the Soviet Successor States

by Joan DeBardeleben (Editor)

Overview

This volume, based on papers presented at a conference on Environmental Security after Communism at Carleton University, explores the linkages between environmental quality and security in Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367004675
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/07/2019
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction — The Environment as a Security Problem in the Post—Communist World — Environmental Security After Communism: The Debate — Military Activity and Environmental Security: The Case of Radioactivity in the Arctic — Environmental Degradation and Regional Instability in Central Europe — The Environment and the Energy Sector — The Post-Soviet Nuclear Power Program — Energy and the Environment in Eastern Europe — National and Regional Dimensions of Environmental Quality — Building Bureaucratic Capacity in Russia: Federal and Regional Responses to the Post-Soviet Environmental Challenge — Citizen Participation and the Environment in Russia — Central Asia: How to Pick Up the Pieces? — The Environmental Impact of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea Region