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Applicability of the environmental Kuznets curve to construction waste management: A panel analysis of 27 European economies
Resources, Conservation and Recycling ( IF 13.2 ) Pub Date : 2022-09-20 , DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106667
Zhikang Bao, Weisheng Lu

The environmental Kuznets curve has received widespread attention from researchers and policymakers for its ability to vividly capture the dynamics between economy and environment. While attempts have been made to validate the environmental Kuznets curve and harness its explanatory power in different dilemmatic scenarios (e.g., economic development and greenhouse gas induced climate change), these scenarios do not include construction waste management. Given its impact on economic development and environmental protection, this research investigates whether the environmental Kuznets curve is applicable to construction waste management. We adopt gross domestic product per capita and construction waste generation as economic and environmental indicators, respectively. Considering the stationary and long-term equilibrium effects, a panel dataset derived from 27 European economies is adopted to estimate the inverted-U relationship between gross domestic product per capita and construction waste generation. In the sample economy group, we confirm applicability of the environmental Kuznets curve to construction waste management. This study, therefore, makes a simple but non-trivial theoretical contribution by extending the environmental Kuznets curve to the construction waste management domain. Future studies are recommended to further validate the environmental Kuznets curve using a wider set of economies and longer panel data, and more importantly, to harness its power by implementing it in real-life construction waste management scenarios.



中文翻译:

环境库兹涅茨曲线对建筑垃圾管理的适用性:27 个欧洲经济体的面板分析

环境库兹涅茨曲线因其能够生动地捕捉经济与环境之间的动态关系而受到研究人员和政策制定者的广泛关注。虽然已经尝试验证环境库兹涅茨曲线并利用其在不同困境情景(例如,经济发展和温室气体引起的气候变化)中的解释力,但这些情景不包括建筑垃圾管理。鉴于其对经济发展和环境保护的影响,本研究调查了环境库兹涅茨曲线是否适用于建筑垃圾管理。我们分别采用人均国内生产总值和建筑垃圾产生量作为经济和环境指标。考虑到稳态和长期平衡效应,采用来自 27 个欧洲经济体的面板数据集来估算人均国内生产总值与建筑垃圾产生量之间的倒 U 型关系。在样本经济组中,我们确认了环境库兹涅茨曲线对建筑垃圾管理的适用性。因此,这项研究通过将环境库兹涅茨曲线扩展到建筑垃圾管理领域,做出了简单但重要的理论贡献。建议未来的研究使用更广泛的经济体和更长的面板数据进一步验证环境库兹涅茨曲线,更重要的是,通过在现实生活中的建筑垃圾管理场景中实施它来利用其力量。

更新日期:2022-09-20
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