1st Edition
East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union Environment and Society
By David Turnock
Copyright 2001
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since 1898, the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have gained international prominence. The continuing socio-economic transition and the instability evident in areas like the Caucasus and Former Yugoslavia have drawn the western world into uneasy interactions with the region. At the same time, closer commercial and cultural contacts are providing opportunities for rewarding... Read more
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.
Biography
David Turnock is Emeritus Professor of Human Geography at the University of Leicester, UK.
