Pollution Patterns during the Industrial Transition

Bibliographic Data

ID4639267
AuthorsRichard M Auty (corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume163
Issue2
Pages206
Publication date1997-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeographical Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-7398 • E-ISSN: 1475-4959
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3060184
OpenAlexW2318446852
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited6

Historically, during the transition from a traditional economy to a developed economy, the pollution intensity of GDP has first intensified and then eased. The total volume of emissions traced an S-shaped curve. Within the overall pattern, the evolving composition of manufacturing altered the pollution shadow as the industrial structure diversified from agro-processing into capital-intensive intermediates and skill-intensive goods, and finally into research-intensive products. This implies that emissions were initially likely to be widely dispersed and dominated by water-borne organic pollutants: rapid growth would then have occurred in urban-centred airborne pollution and solid waste, followed by high growth of hazardous materials. These trends are consistent with South East Asian examples. But sizeable deviations from the aggregate pattern resulted from the differences between countries in natural resource endowment, industry and environment policies, and institutional capacity. These differences will continue to modify the pollution intensity curve as economic development proceeds

Biology · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Industrial pollution · Ecology · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Pollution · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy

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