Environmental Transitions: Transformation and Ecological Defense in Central and Eastern Europe

by Petr Pavlinek, John Pickles

Environmental Transitions is a detailed and comprehensive account of the environmental changes in Central and Eastern Europe, both during and after state socialism. The book illustrates how transformations after 1989 have brought major environmental improvements, as well as new environmental problems. Environmental Transitions contains detailed case studies from the region including:
* an historical-geographical analysis of the environmental change L * health impacts of environmental degradation
* the role of environmental issues during the anti-communist revolutions
* legislative reform
* the effects of transition on environmental quality after 1989

384 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2000