With growing industrialization comes environmental concerns. Thus, we are motivated to offer empirical insights into how industrialization affects the environment. Using ecological footprint to proxy environmental degradation, we examine the heterogeneous effects of industrialization on the environment. We utilize data from 37 African countries from 2000 to 2016 and use the quantile regression model for panel data. The results show a noteworthy heterogeneous environmental effect of industrialization. Industrialization is found to increase environmental degradation in the 10–30th quantiles, while in the 40–90th quantiles, industrialization reduces environmental degradation. To curb environmental degradation, manufacturing firms should adopt and utilize more greener technologies in their production processes. Besides, environmental regulations must be enforced to ensure that manufacturing activities contribute to sustainable environment and development.

随着工业化的发展，环境问题也随之而来。因此，我们有动力就工业化如何影响环境提供实证见解。我们使用生态足迹来代表环境退化，研究工业化对环境的异质影响。我们利用 2000 年至 2016 年来自 37 个非洲国家的数据，并对面板数据使用分位数回归模型。结果表明，工业化具有显着的异质环境效应。发现工业化在第 10-30 个分位数中加剧了环境退化，而在第 40-90 个分位数中，工业化减少了环境退化。为遏制环境恶化，制造企业应在其生产过程中采用和利用更环保的技术。除了，