Abstract
First of all, this article makes an EKC analysis in the industrial effluent, industrial waste water and industrial sulfur dioxide in the three major economic zones in China. Then, by referring to the tool of index distribution quotient and comprehensively observing the industrial structure pattern of population, this article finds out that an obvious economic gradient zone feature exists in the three major economic zones. This not only provides thinking for exploration of specific tactics in gradually promoting gradient transfer of population industrial structure among the three major economic zones, but offers theoretical foundation to realize the relatively balanced “win-win” between economic layout and environment development.
Highlights
Environment has not been a production factor resource as termed by classical economists that didn’t affect the progress of economic development, and could be acquired infinitely free of charge (Note 1)
Considering the availability of the data used in this article, this article chose the following three indicators as representatives to discuss the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution: discharge of industrial effluent, discharge of industrial waste gas and ISSN 1911-2017 E-ISSN 1911-2025 www.ccsenet.org/ass discharge of industrial sulfur dioxide in the three economic zones of eastern China, middle China and western China (Note 3) between 1991 and 2005
5.1 Constructional pollution has become an important issue in the environmental pollution in China
Summary
Environment has not been a production factor resource as termed by classical economists that didn’t affect the progress of economic development, and could be acquired infinitely free of charge (Note 1). Whether economic growth is a method to resolve the environmental issue or a factor that causes the environmental issue has encouraged economists to make an empirical research on relationship between the economy and the environment. As far as economy in such big powers as China, there exists great slip in study on EKC. There has rarely been any specific analysis in the relationship between the environment and economic growth in gradient economic zones in China so far. With a view of that, this article is going to employ per capita gross domestic product and the indicator of discharge of industrial pollutant and make a comparative analysis in the EKC of the three major economic zones in China so as to quantitatively describe the economic and environmental development of the three major economic zones (Note 2)
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