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Author:   David Turnock
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Hodder Arnold
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9780340692165

ISBN 10:   0340692162
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   29 June 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 - Historical-cultural legacies / The states system and the shaping of the ethnic guilt / Twentieth century geopolitics as the base of Soviet planning / Development cycles and the role of the railway / Phases of urbanisation and changing town-country relations / Part 2 - Contemporary human processes / Ethnicity / Trade and foreign relations / Agrarian change / Industrial restructuring / Urban systems / Rebuilding the service sector / Transport integration and the creation of missing links / Competition between the regions / Part 3 - Environmental management / Communist plans to transform the landscape / Major ecological dislocations / Towards a sustainable agriculture / Industry, pollution and sensitive environments / Power and the nuclear question / Biosphere reserves, national parks and urban conservation.

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David Turnock is Emeritus Professor of Human Geography at the University of Leicester, UK.

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