Empirical Research on the Relationship between Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution in Jiangsu Province

Abstract

On the basis of summarizing the status of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) home and abroad, this paper analyzes the relationship between Jiangsu Province’s industrial three wastes indicators and establishes the optimal model environmental indicators according to the situation of the economic and environmental changes in Jiangsu Province from 1995 to 2010. Through research, the following conclusions come up: (1) The per capita GDP and the integrated level of environmental pollution EKC in Jiangsu Province is N-shaped with only one turning point; (2) The per capita GDP and the industrial wastewater emissions EKC in Jiangsu Province is N-shaped with two turning points; (3) Jiangsu Province’s overall trend of the industrial waste gas emissions is quite similar with the industrial solid waste emissions, but its EKC is still within the rising phase.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n9p322