1st Edition
The Soviet Union and Global Environmental Change Modifying the Biosphere and Conceptualizing Society-Nature Interaction
By Jonathan D. Oldfield
Copyright 2021
154 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
154 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
154 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book argues that the Soviet Union was a highly influential actor in furthering understandings of society-nature interaction on the international stage and played a key role in helping to shape, conceptualize and assess the relationship between humankind and the Earth system. It considers how humankind’s capacity to affect physical and biological systems at a global scale was acknowledged and... Read more
1. Introduction
2. The Soviet Union and the Great Transformation of the Twentieth Century
3. Conceptualising the Physical Environment and the Growing Influence of Humankind on Earth System
4. Measuring and Assessing the Wider Environment
5. Russia’s Place in the Anthropocene
6. Conclusion
Biography
Jonathan D. Oldfield is Reader in Russian Environmental Studies in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK.
