Page date:1 April
2004
Josh Newell. 2004. The Russian Far East: A Reference Guide
for Conservation and Development, Second Edition. McKinleyville,
California: Daniel & Daniel, Publishers, Inc.
The Russian
Far East: A Reference Guide for Conservation and Development
is the most comprehensive English-language reference text on the
region to be published in more than ten years. With contributions
from an interdisciplinary team of ninety specialists from Russia,
the United States, and the United Kingdom, the book overviews
and analyzes the region’s geography and ecology, natural
resources, major industries, infrastructure, foreign trade, demographics,
protected area system, and legal structure. Particular attention
is devoted to how the region can develop in an environmentally
sustainable way.
Useful features of this book include:
Handy reference. Region-by-region summaries of geography,
climate, flora and fauna, population, political status, resources,
industries, infrastructure, and trade.
Expert analysis. The ninety contributing authors range
from botanists to economists, geologists to environmental activists.
Maps. More than fifty maps, many in color, depict administrative
districts and indigenous peoples’ lands, protected areas,
mineral deposits, timber resources, fisheries, and oil and gas
developments.
Tables and charts. Eighty-seven tables and figures provide
the reader with a wealth of useful, hard-to-find statistics. Statistics
cover population, industrial production, foreign investment, trade,
and more.
Photography. Spectacular photos from some of the region’s
best photographers.
For more details about the book or to order, visit http://www.rfebook.com/.
Or, you can order by phone at 1-800-662-8351.
Table of Contents
The book is divided into eleven chapters. The first chapter
summarizes the Russian Far East as a whole, while each of the
remaining chapters deal with an administrative region within the
Russian Far East. All of the chapters are divided into identical
sections to simplify comparison among the regions.
List of figures, maps, tables, and appendixes
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Useful terms
The structure of this book
Overview of the Russian Far East
Primorsky Krai
Khabarovsk Krai
Jewish Autonomous Oblast
Amur Oblast
Republic of Sakha
Magadan Oblast
Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug (Chukotka)
Koryak Autonomous Okrug (Koryakia)
Kamchatka Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast
Appendixes
List of abbreviations
Notes
A note on transliteration
Index