The use of the environmental Kuznets curve: Environmental and economic implications

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 313-335

  Čiegis, Remigijus ^a   Štreimikiene, Dalia ^a   Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve; Environmental protection; Environmental quality; Inverted U shape

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE HYPOTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVES; ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INVERTED U SHAPES; SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENTS; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GLOBALIZATION; GROWTH CURVE; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POLLUTION; REVIEW;

EID: 47249105934     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2008.019401     Document Type: Review

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