Economic growth, industrial pollution and human development in the Mediterranean Region

Ecological Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 2327-2335

  Gürlük, Serkan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Environmental Kuznets curve; Human development index; Industrial pollution; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LITERACY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 65749098188     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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