Author(s)

Xue Han

Corresponding Author

Xue Han

Abstract

Based on the environmental-income EKC curve assumption, this paper selects six types of environmental indicators for industrial waste gas, wastewater discharge, industrial solid waste production, industrial sulfur dioxide, soot and dust emissions from 2007 to 2017, and adopts the main environmental indicators. The component analysis method is used to construct a comprehensive index of environmental pollution, and then clustering analysis is used to group 16 cities in Anhui Province. Finally, the panel model is used to simulate the relationship between the comprehensive indicators of environmental pollution and the per capita GDP in each group. The econometric method and statistical test analyze the characteristics and the stage of the EKC curve of each group, so as to provide policy recommendations for urban environmental management and sustainable development in Anhui Province.

Keywords

Environmental pollution management, Economic development, EKC, Cluster analysis, Principal component analysis