Environmental problems and their management were one of the main areas
of concern for the Soviet government in the late 1980s, just before its
dissolution. In this original study, first published in 1991, barely
preceding the Soviet Union's collapse, Professor Philip Pryde examines
the pervasive nature of biosphere disruption and environmental
contaminants in the country and the extent to which they represented a
threat to the Soviet populace and its resource base. This book was the
first comprehensive study of Soviet environmental issues and was written
by an international specialist on Soviet environmental problems and
management. It was first published at a time when the Western world was
increasingly following developments in the Soviet Union with interest
and environmental protection had become one of the primary topics of
glasnost. Environmental Management in the Soviet Union will therefore be
essential reading for environmental historians and for students and
specialists of conservation and environmental management with a special
interest in the Soviet Union.