Title :
Research on the relationship of environmental pollution and economic growth in China
Author :
Zhang, Jiansheng ; Li, Qing
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Chongqing Three Gorges Univ., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
This paper analyzed the relationship of environment pollution and economic growth by the data of 1980-2009 in China. The results showed that: the relationship of environment pollution and economic growth further verified the EKC hypothesis; from the specific indicators, the relationship of industrial wastewater emissions and per capita GDP displayed the type of N, and the relationship of industrial waste gas emissions, industrial solid waste production and per capita GDP both displayed the type of U. Since China´s reform and opening up policy, the economic growth and industrialization level both have being based on the cost of the environment, therefore, for maintaining the sustainable development of economy, China must deal well with the relationship of environment pollution and economic development.
Keywords :
air pollution; economic indicators; environmental economics; government policies; industrial pollution; industrial waste; macroeconomics; sustainable development; water pollution; China; EKC hypothesis; economic development; economic growth; environmental Kuznets curve; environmental pollution; industrial solid waste production; industrial waste gas emission; industrial wastewater emission; industrialization level; per capita GDP; sustainable development; Degradation; Economic indicators; Educational institutions; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Pollution; Reactive power; China; Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Environmental pollution;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yichang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8162-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICECENG.2011.6058159