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- Granér, Staffan, 1961, et al.
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Economic Growth and Clean Water in the Göta River A Pilot Study of Collective Action and the Environmental Kuznets Curve 1895-2000
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Because of a growing population and industrialization, total pollution levels in many water-courses around the world have increased considerably for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. In the last few decades, however, the trend of increasing water pollution has been turned in many industrialized countries, delinking economic growth from environmental pollution. This is in essence one aspect of what many environmental economists call an ‘environmental Kuznets curve’. The research question of this project is why there is such a pattern to water quality in many countries? Much previous literature on the topic studies only the positive impact of environmental legislation. This study, focusing upon the case of the river Göta in Sweden, undertakes a more thorough analysis, including other crucial factors as well such as industrial transformation and decline, as well as stakeholder associations. The project utilizes a very long series of data on the water quality in the river Göta, covering more than 100 years of data for crucial indicators, in order to establish what factors were contributing to reducing levels of pollution. Analyzing the driving factors of this ‘Environmental Kuznets Curve’ can give us crucial insights into how a sustainable development might be achieved in the future.
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- Rönnbäck, Klas, 1974, et al.
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Economic Growth and Clean Water in the Göta River - Collective Action and the Environmental Kuznets Curve, 1895-2000
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Ingår i: American Society for Environmental History Annual Conference.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Because of a growing population and industrialization, total pollution levels in many water-courses around the world have increased considerably for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. In the last few decades, however, the trend of increasing water pollution has been turned in many countries. Analyzing this shift – what many environmental economists call an ‘environmental Kuznets curve’ – can give us crucial insights into how a sustainable development might be achieved.
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- Rönnbäck, Klas, 1974, et al.
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Historicizing the environmental Kuznets Curve: water pollution in Göta Älv, Sweden, 1895–2000
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Ingår i: Water History. - 1877-7236 .- 1877-7244. ; 8:2, s. 95-114
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, it is argued that environmental historians ought to become more engaged in scholarly debate on the Environmental Kuznets Curve. Starting from this theoretical perspective, the paper studies water pollution in the case of the river Göta Älv in Sweden. The empirical evidence shown for pollution of the river fits well with the patterns hypothesized by the theory of an Environmental Kuznets Curve. Explaining the relationship is however more complex than much of the research in this field has argued. An historical analysis of the relationship shows that the pattern was largely dependent on a process of learning about the negative environmental impact of various types of pollution, and the need to deal with these problems. A crucial turning point in the relationship between economic growth and environmental pollution occurred when pollution levels approached the carrying capacity of the local ecosystems.
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