Open AccessSOVIET ERA ANTHROPOGENIC CRISIS AND ITS ECOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
epra international journal of economic and business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2349-0187
pISSN - 2347-9671
DOI - 10.36713/epra3044
Subject(s) - environmental security , biodiversity , context (archaeology) , soviet union , environmental pollution , political science , environmental protection , environmental planning , geography , ecology , politics , archaeology , law , biology
Environmental Security in Russia is a major concern at the present times. Russia has taken the environmental security as a grave concern in the context of the country’s social and economic development (Dalby, 2002). Important security issues like preservation of biodiversity, water contamination, air pollution, nuclear waste, radioactive contamination etc. has been one of the important environmental issues in Russia since past few decades. Many anthropogenic activities due to developmental projects have destroyed the environment which have triggered an environmental crises.KEYWORDS Anthropogenic activity, environmental security, insecurities, biodiversity, World War, Socio-economy, Soviet Union