description: This book examines the effort to open up Siberia's mineral resources through construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (the BAM). It was hoped that the railroad would allow for more rapid exploitation and transportation of raw materials to Japan and the United States. The book discusses the development of Siberian resources in the Soviet period, the BAM as a potential catalyst for development of Pacific Siberia, the design and contraction of the BAM, the BAM and economic geography, and the BAM in problems of applied geography. Some of the chapters were written by Soviet experts on the BAM and its effects. With maps and extensive bibliographies. 189 pages with index.
language: English
title: Gateway to Siberian resources (The BAM)
titlecomplete: Gateway to Siberian resources (The BAM) (Scripta series in geography)
publisher: distributed solely by Halsted Press Division, Wiley