Cultures of contamination: legacies of pollution in Russia and the U.S.
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Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Elsevier JAI 2007
Schriftenreihe:Research in social problems and public policy v. 14
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Beschreibung:Cover; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; US and Russian Map; Sustainability and the Need to Deal With the Contaminated Legacy: A Comparison of Russia and the U.S.; Introduction: Sustainability and the Legacy of Contamination; A Short Eco-Historical Analysis; The Project; This Volume; Notes; References; Part 1: The Dynamics of a Contaminated Community; Section 1: Introduction; The Love Canal: Social Science Research in a Community in Crisis; Forging Change in a Contaminated Russian City: A Longitudinal View of Kirishi; Sokol: Seeing the Forests for the Trees
This volume ponders the cultures that generated the bulk of our global contamination legacy. Insight is sought into its creation and an understanding of differences in how it is being addressed. Hopefully the illumination of the problem will contribute to a better understanding of the constraining conditions and will help guide us in meeting the twin challenges created by the legacy of contamination: how to stop it and how to address what we already have done. Section one focuses on the psycho-social dynamics of chemical contamination. Section two deals with nuclear events, both accidents, but
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ISBN:0080475485
1849504601
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9781849504607

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