Abstract
Relationship between economic development and pollutant discharge per capita (PDC) has been inverted U-shaped curve, namely environmental Kuznets curve (EKC), in Japan as well as in developing countries. During the economic development process, PDC increases with pollutant generation per capita (PGC) increase with lifestyle change, however, PDC decreases after some development because of measures to reduce pollutant discharge and to improve water quality. PDC has been in a wide range in the countries with smaller income, and PDC has been in a definite range in countries with larger income. The reason for which is considered to be large diversity of lifestyles and wastewater treatment facility conditions especially when income is small.
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Tsuzuki, Y. (2014). Relationship Between Economic Development and Pollutant Discharge per Capita (PDC). In: Pollutant Discharge and Water Quality in Urbanisation. SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04756-0_4
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