Troubled lands
Subtitle: the legacy of Soviet environmental destruction
By: D.J. Peterson.
Series: A RAND research study
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Boulder
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Soviet Union; Environmental policy -- Soviet Union -- Citizen participation; Environmental degradation -- Soviet Union
Description: Six years of glasnost in the republics of the former Soviet Union have revealed enormous environmental problems in that region. This book provides an up-to-date report on the state of the environment and environmental policy in the former USSR. In addition to official data, the author cites anecdotal material drawn from the local media to illustrate the challenges presented by a contaminated food supply, tainted drinking water, foul air and rampant toxic waste. He also considers the possible effects of current political and economic trends on the environment and on environmental policy in the newly independent republics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.