Environmental Crises: Geographical Case Studies in Post-Socialist Eurasia

by Tatyana Saiko

Overview

Provides students with an in-depth historic and contemporary understanding of the causes, magnitude and implications of the different types of environmental crises in the countries of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582356955
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/06/2000
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction;2. The Conceptual Framework;3. The Arctic North;4. Lake Baikal;5. The Moscow Region;6. Chernobyl;7. The 'Black Triangle' of Central Europe;8. Kalmykia;9. The Volga Basin;10. The Caspian Sea Region;11. Desiccation of the Aral Sea;12. Conclusion