Understanding the relation between urbanization and the eco-environment in China's Yangtze River Delta using an improved EKC model and coupling analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 571, Issue , 2016, Pages 862-875

  Zhao, Yabo ^a   Wang, Shaojian ^b   Zhou, Chunshan ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic coordination coupling degree; Eco environment; Improved EKC; Urbanization; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS;

COUPLING DEGREE; ECO-ENVIRONMENTS; IMPROVED EKC; URBANIZATION; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

RIVERS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; KUZNETS CURVE; MODELING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; COORDINATION COUPLING DEGREE MODEL; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84978883297     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.067     Document Type: Article

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