Pollution and atmosphere in Post-Soviet Russia : the Arctic and the environment /
"This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control in the Arctic today. By exami...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This study addresses the many initiatives to decrease industrial pollution emitting from the Pechenganikel plant in the northwestern corner of Russia during the final years of the Soviet Union, and examines the wider implications for the state of pollution control in the Arctic today. By examining the efforts of Soviet industry and government agencies, Finnish and Swedish officials, and Norwegian environmental authorities to curb industrial pollution in the region, this book offers an environmental history of the Arctic as well as a transnational, geopolitical history"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-217) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780755634897 0755634896 9780755600496 0755600495 9780755600502 0755600509 9780755600489 0755600487 |
| DOI: | 10.5040/9780755600502 |