Economic Development and Environmental Degradation: The Environmental Kuznets Curve
Fonte: Adam Cohn Introduction: the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) The relationship between economic development and environmental sustainability is represented at best by the so-called Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). The reasoning behind the curve grounds on the idea that countries in the early stage of economic development are likely to pollute more, suggesting further economic development as an essential tool to…