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Soviet Natural Resources in the World Economy

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ISBN-10: 0226398315

ISBN-13: 9780226398310

Edition: 1983

Authors: Robert G. Jensen, Theodore Shabad, Arthur W. Wright

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Russia is a huge storehouse of natural resources, including oil, gas, and other energy sources, which she can trade with the rest of the world for advanced technology and wheat. In this book, leading experts evaluate the Soviet potential in major energy and industrial raw materials, giving special attention to implications for the world economy to the end of the twentieth century. The authors examine the mineral and forest resources that the Soviet Union has developed and may yet develop to provide exports during the 1980s. They discuss the regional dimension of these resources, especially in Siberia and the Soviet Far East; individual mineral raw materials, such as petroleum, natural…    
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Book details

List price: $299.00
Copyright year: 1983
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 8/1/1983
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 720
Size: 0.90" wide x 1.11" long x 0.16" tall
Weight: 4.136
Language: English

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Editors'
Preface
Note on Transliteration
Introduction
Soviet Natural Resources innbsp;a Global Context
Soviet Resource Development: The Regional Dimension
The Regional Perspective in Soviet Resource Development
Environmental Constraints to the Economic Development of Siberia
Regional Manpower Resources and Resource Development in the USSR: 1970-90
The Impact of Recent Trends in Soviet Foreign Trade on Regional Economic Development in the USSR
Soviet Decision Making in Regional Planning and Its Potential Impact on Siberian Resource Exports
The Baikal-Amur Mainline and Its Implications for the Pacific Basin
Commodity Flows, Resource Potential and Regional Economic Development: The Example of the Soviet Far East
Siberian Resource Development and the Japanese Economy: The Japanese Perspective
Siberian Development and East Asia: The Strategic Dimension
Soviet Energy and Industrial Raw Materials: Policy, Problems, and Potential
The Soviet Potential in Natural Resources: An Overview Theodore Shabad
Soviet Energy Policy and the Fossil Fuels Leslie Dienes
Estimating Demand for Energy in the Centrally Planned Economies
Soviet Petroleum: History, Technology, Geology, Reserves, Potential and Policy
Soviet Natural Gas in the World Economy
The Regional Dimensions of Soviet Energy Policy Leslie Dienes
Regional Dilemmas and International Prospects in the Soviet Timber Industry
The Role of Imported Technology in the Export Potential of Soviet Forest Products
Soviet Iron Ore: Its Domestic and World Implications Tony Misko and Craig ZumBrunnen
Modeling the Optimal Commodity Flow Patterns within Soviet Ferrous Metallurgy: Implications for Soviet Iron Ore and Coking Coal Exports Craig ZumBrunnen
Soviet Manganese Ores: Output and Export W. A.
Soviet Chromite Ores: Output and Export W. A.
Nickel and Platinum in the Soviet Union
The Soviet Gold-Mining Industry
Resource Valuation and the Efficiency of Soviet Resource Production and Use
The Role of Raw Materials in Soviet Foreign Trade
Soviet Natural Resource Exports and the World Market
The Changing Role of Raw Materials Exports and Soviet Foreign Trade
Soviet Primary Product Exports to CMEA and the West
Energy Dependence and Policy Options in Eastern Europe
Foreign Economic Constraints on Soviet Raw Material Development in the 1980s
Implications
The Implications of Soviet Raw Materials for the World Economy Robert
List of Contributors
Index