Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Interactions between economic growth and environmental quality in Shenzhen, China's first special economic zone

Liu, Xiaozi LU ; Heilig, Gerhard K. ; Chen, Junmiao and Heino, Mikko (2007) In Ecological Economics 62(3-4). p.559-570
Abstract
The relationship between economic development and environmental quality is a debated topic. Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is one prominent hypothesis, positing an inverted U-shaped development-environment relationship. Here we test this hypothesis using data from Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. Established in 1980 as the first special economic zone in China, Shenzhen has developed from a small village into a large urban-industrial agglomeration with the highest income level in the country. The enormous expansion of infrastructure, industrial sites and urban settlements has profoundly changed the local environment. We utilize environmental monitoring data from Shenzhen on concentration of pollutants in ambient air, main rivers,... (More)
The relationship between economic development and environmental quality is a debated topic. Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is one prominent hypothesis, positing an inverted U-shaped development-environment relationship. Here we test this hypothesis using data from Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. Established in 1980 as the first special economic zone in China, Shenzhen has developed from a small village into a large urban-industrial agglomeration with the highest income level in the country. The enormous expansion of infrastructure, industrial sites and urban settlements has profoundly changed the local environment. We utilize environmental monitoring data from Shenzhen on concentration of pollutants in ambient air, main rivers, and near-shore waters from 1989 to 2003. The results show that production-induced pollutants support EKC while consumption-induced pollutants do not support it. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Kuznets curve (EKC), environmental, environmental quality, economic growth, emerging markets
in
Ecological Economics
volume
62
issue
3-4
pages
559 - 570
publisher
Elsevier
external identifiers
  • wos:000247080100019
  • scopus:34247605360
ISSN
0921-8009
DOI
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.020
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
3db1b911-cca0-4116-a9f4-a083cda3bd34 (old id 907782)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 17:07:56
date last changed
2022-04-23 02:53:26
@article{3db1b911-cca0-4116-a9f4-a083cda3bd34,
  abstract     = {{The relationship between economic development and environmental quality is a debated topic. Environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) is one prominent hypothesis, positing an inverted U-shaped development-environment relationship. Here we test this hypothesis using data from Shenzhen, People's Republic of China. Established in 1980 as the first special economic zone in China, Shenzhen has developed from a small village into a large urban-industrial agglomeration with the highest income level in the country. The enormous expansion of infrastructure, industrial sites and urban settlements has profoundly changed the local environment. We utilize environmental monitoring data from Shenzhen on concentration of pollutants in ambient air, main rivers, and near-shore waters from 1989 to 2003. The results show that production-induced pollutants support EKC while consumption-induced pollutants do not support it. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}},
  author       = {{Liu, Xiaozi and Heilig, Gerhard K. and Chen, Junmiao and Heino, Mikko}},
  issn         = {{0921-8009}},
  keywords     = {{Kuznets curve (EKC); environmental; environmental quality; economic growth; emerging markets}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3-4}},
  pages        = {{559--570}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Ecological Economics}},
  title        = {{Interactions between economic growth and environmental quality in Shenzhen, China's first special economic zone}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.020}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.07.020}},
  volume       = {{62}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}