Economic development in the Kola region, USSR: an overview

Abstract The Kola region of northwestern USSR is the most highly developed area of the circumpolar north. Development based on exploitation and industrial refinement of natural resources, especially minerals and fish, has produced severe environmental damage in Kola and in neighbouring Norway and Fi...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Authors: Doiban, Vladimir A., Pretes, Michael, Sekarev, Alexei V.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Norway
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400020209
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400020209
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Summary:Abstract The Kola region of northwestern USSR is the most highly developed area of the circumpolar north. Development based on exploitation and industrial refinement of natural resources, especially minerals and fish, has produced severe environmental damage in Kola and in neighbouring Norway and Finland. This article reviews the region's resources, existing development strategy and damage, and propose an alternative strategy that is environmentally and socially more benign. Possibilities for reducing the region's ties to central planning authorities and integration of the economy with that of norther Europe are also considered.

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