Relationships between water pollutant discharges per capita (PDCs) and indicators of economic level, water supply and sanitation in developing countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 273-287

  Tsuzuki, Yoshiaki ^a,b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SCIENCE COUNCIL OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Domestic wastewater; Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC); Marine pollution; Pollutant discharge per capita (PDC); Purchase power parity based gross national income (PPP GNI); Water, Sanitation and economic indicator (WSEI)

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISCHARGE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INCOME; KUZNETS CURVE; SANITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 53849129917     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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