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Confronting environmental quality and societal aspects: an environmental Kuznets curve analysis for Indian cities

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  • Avik Sinha
  • Joysankar Bhattacharya

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Ever-growing problems of environmental degradation can be attributed to the inequality scenarios arising from the prevalent socio-economic imbalances and two of the major inequalities for the case of India in this regard are inequality in energy intensity and economic inequality. In this paper, we have taken the ambient air pollution data for 139 cities in India for the duration of 2001-2013, where sulphur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) have been chosen as the major air pollutants. Based on the empirical evidence, it can be found that interactions between inequality and societal aspects have significant contributions towards determining environmental quality. The paper concludes that any environmental policy cannot function effectively unless it takes other developmental policies into consideration. Leaving socio-economic parameters aside, the enhancement of environmental quality can prove to be extremely difficult to achieve, the evidence of which can be found from an analysis of Indian cities.

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  • Avik Sinha & Joysankar Bhattacharya, 2016. "Confronting environmental quality and societal aspects: an environmental Kuznets curve analysis for Indian cities," International Journal of Green Economics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(1), pages 69-88.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijgrec:v:10:y:2016:i:1:p:69-88
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    1. Shahbaz, Muhammad & Sinha, Avik, 2019. "Environmental Kuznets Curve for CO2 emission: A survey of empirical literature," MPRA Paper 100257, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2019.
    2. Sinha, Avik, 2018. "Impact of ICT exports and internet usage on carbon emissions: A case of OECD countries," MPRA Paper 103716, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2018.
    3. Sinha, Avik & Sengupta, Tuhin & Saha, Tanaya, 2020. "Technology policy and environmental quality at crossroads: Designing SDG policies for select Asia Pacific countries," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 161(C).
    4. Muhammad Shahbaz & Avik Sinha, 2019. "Environmental Kuznets curve for CO2emissions: a literature survey," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 46(1), pages 106-168, January.
    5. Sharma, Rajesh & Shahbaz, Muhammad & Sinha, Avik & Vo, Xuan Vinh, 2021. "Examining the temporal impact of stock market development on carbon intensity: Evidence from South Asian countries," MPRA Paper 108925, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2021.
    6. Chien, Fengsheng & Anwar, Ahsan & Hsu, Ching-Chi & Sharif, Arshian & Razzaq, Asif & Sinha, Avik, 2021. "The role of information and communication technology in encountering environmental degradation: Proposing an SDG framework for the BRICS countries," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
    7. D. Jingyuan I. & L. Chong I. & L. Marsiliani & D. Jingyuan I. & L. Chong I. & L. Marsiliani, 2018. "Взаимосвязь между экономическим ростом и окружающей средой в Пекине на основе показателя PM2.5 // The Relationship between Growth and the Environment in Beijing, Using PM2.5 Concentrations," Review of Business and Economics Studies // Review of Business and Economics Studies, Финансовый Университет // Financial University, vol. 6(2), pages 5-18.
    8. Sinha, Avik & Driha, Oana & Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel, 2020. "Tourism and inequality in per capita water availability: is the linkage sustainable?," MPRA Paper 100093, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    9. Sinha, Avik, 2017. "Examination of oil import-exchange nexus for India after currency crisis," MPRA Paper 100359, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2017.

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