The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis postulates an inverted-U-shaped
relationship between different pollutants and per capita income, ie, environmental pressure …

The world is experiencing urgent and interconnected problems on many social as well as
environmental fronts. Resource shortages, demographic realities, and planetary boundaries …

This paper presents a critical history of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). The EKC
proposes that indicators of environmental degradation first rise, and then fall with increasing …

The environmental Kuznets curve posits an inverted-U relationship between pollution and
economic development. Pessimistic critics of empirically estimated curves have argued that …

Evidence suggests that some pollutants follow an inverse-U-shaped pattern relative to
countries' incomes, a relationship that has been called an 'environmental Kuznets curve'. We …

Will the world be able to sustain economic growth indefinitely without running into resource
constraints or despoiling the environment beyond repair? What is the relationship between a …

The 'environmental Kuznets curve'(EKC) refers to an inverted-U-shaped relationship
between some pollutant level and per capita income, ie, the environmental quality …

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis proposes that there is an inverted U-
shape relation between environmental degradation and income per capita. This has been …

The environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is a hypothesis that various indicators of
environmental degradation first increase and then decrease as gross domestic product …

This chapter analyses the potential conflict between economic growth and the maintenance
of environmental quality in an overlapping generations model. Since environmental damage …