Is economic growth sustainable? Environmental Quality of Indian States after 1991

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-60

  Mukherjee, Sacchidananda ^a   Kathuria, Vinish ^a  

^a MADRAS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (India)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Environment and development; Environmental kuznets curve (EKC); Environmental quality (EQ); India; Liberalisation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE (EKC); ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (EQ);

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33845239650     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2006.010937     Document Type: Article

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