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Seawater environmental Kuznets curve: Evidence from seawater quality in China's coastal waters.
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Journal of Cleaner Production . May2019, Vol. 219, p925-935. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Abstract This paper builds an environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) multiple logistic regression model to analyze how socio-economic development impacts mainland China's coastal waters environment. China's coastal provinces have significantly different seawater quality at different stages of the seawater's EKC. Jiangsu and Hebei are still at the early stage of the seawater's EKC because of the large quantity of pollution-intensive industry, whereas the coastal provinces at the late stage of the seawater's EKC have presented obviously improved seawater quality based on adjustments in the industrial structure since 2001. Urbanization has a severe impact on the seawater quality of Shanghai and Zhejiang at the middle stage of the seawater's EKC. Furthermore, this paper proposes an overall strategy and several "tailored" strategies to address coastal waters environment improvement for current poorly targeted policies at different stages of the seawater's EKC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ENVIRONMENTAL quality
*WATER quality
*TERRITORIAL waters
*KUZNETS curve
*SEAWATER
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09596526
- Volume :
- 219
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135228436
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.012