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Потравный, Иван Михайлович; Weißenburger, Ulrich

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“…That the neoclassical approach to reform, whether in its gradual or in its shock therapy version, has often pressed ahead at the expense of environmental protection (and the implicit social considerations) may be further illustrated with references to water management and provision in countries such as Russia and Romania. Although industrial water consumption in Russia fell at the start of transition, benefi ts were far outweighed by the increased municipal water use and the associated rise in pollutant levels, while water conservation levels remain low (Potravnyi and Weißenburger, 1997). The lack of improvement in water quality and provision in Russia may be attributed to four main causes.…”

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“…Although industrial water consumption in Russia fell at the start of transition, benefi ts were far outweighed by the increased municipal water use and the associated rise in pollutant levels, while water conservation levels remain low (Potravnyi and Weißenburger, 1997). The lack of improvement in water quality and provision in Russia may be attributed to four main causes.…”

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The transformation of post‐communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: an economic and ecological sustainability perspective

Scrieciu

Stringer

2008

Eur. Env.

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Since the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union, the reform process has been considerably infl uenced by the neoclassical economic approach to transition. This has heavily emphasized competitive markets and economic liberalization measures per se, often ignoring the establishment of adequate institutional frameworks and resulting in high transition costs and the sidelining of environmental concerns. Alternative models of market transformations in post-Communist societies have been forwarded in the literature, though these have been arguably less infl uential. We explore the role of these economic ideologies in shaping transition paths, with a focus on the Post-Keynesian economic approach as an alternative to the neoclassical paradigm. We further propose a holistic approach to transition to account for appropriate institutional developments in the area of environmental sustainability. We argue that transition economies need to reconsider their 'market transformation' process in order to capitalize on their potential and mark their own contribution to positive shifts in sustainable development paradigms.

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The transformation of post‐communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: an economic and ecological sustainability perspective

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Stringer

2008

Eur. Env.

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Fostering Private – Public Partnerships in the Transition Economies: Helcom as a System of Implementation Review

Trumbull

2009

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Water resources planners, managers, and government leaders in the transition economies face the challenge of determining priorities and environmental protection project implementation against a background of immense economic, social, and institutional demands and problems. Researchers have pointed to the tremendous additional environmental costs that the transition economies face due to the inherited environmental deterioration from the central planning era (Bater, 1996; Komarov, 1994; Potravnyi, 1997). Cities in particular were the industrial, managerial, and economic showcases of the centrally planned economies. From an environmental point of view those urban areas were also the source and recipients of unprecedented levels of both air and water pollution (Goldman, 1972; Pryde, 1991; ZumBrunnen, 1984). Surface waters adjacent to those cities remain heavily polluted. Tap water is still not potable in major cities of the transition economies (Danilov-Danilyan, 1998; Trumbull, 2007; Zhulidov, 2000). During the transition period in Russia and other former Soviet states (1990 to the present), responsibility for implementation of environmental mitigation has fallen both to frequently reorganized federal bodies and to impoverished and institutionally weak local environmental protection agencies. It should come as little surprise that a sufficient transfer of resources, effective implementation, and establishment of appropriate local pollution abatement infrastructure have rarely accompanied environmental protection measures and responsibilities in the transition economies. During the centrally planned economy, underinvestment, a failure to renovate and replace equipment, poor training and management, and a general absence of pricing of water resources led to water pollution and water management problems that had been solved decades earlier in the West. Implementation of international environmental agreements did not improve significantly as the centrally planned economy transitioned to a free market economy. Explanations for low levels of implementation of wastewater treatment and other forms of environmental mitigation in the countries of the former Soviet Union have focused on institutional and financial obstacles that

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The state of environmental protection in the Russian Federation: a review of the post-Soviet era

Newell

Henry

2016

Eurasian Geography and Economics

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The transformation of post‐communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: an economic and ecological sustainability perspective

The transformation of post‐communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: an economic and ecological sustainability perspective

Fostering Private – Public Partnerships in the Transition Economies: Helcom as a System of Implementation Review

The state of environmental protection in the Russian Federation: a review of the post-Soviet era

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