Inequality as pollution, pollution as inequality The social-ecological nexus

Industrial Growth and Sustainable Development in Iran

This study aims to measure how much the industrial sector suppresses the development process to be sustainable in Iran. We employ a quadratic-log form of regression model to test the Industrial Environmental Kuznets Hypothesis. In addition, we use a Vector Auto-Regressive model to estimate the nexus among the industrial growth, income inequality, environmental pollution, and energy consumption ...

Self-Protection Investment Exacerbates Air Pollution Exposure Inequality in Urban China

Urban China’s high levels of ambient air pollution both lowers quality of life and raises mortality risk. China’s wealthy have the purchasing power to purchase private products such as air filters that allows them to offset some of the pollution exposure risk. Using a unique data set of Internet purchases, we document that households invest more in masks and air filter products when ambient pol...

Indoor Air Pollution, Social Inequality and Acute Respiratory Diseases in Children in Tanzania

Self-Protection Investment Exacerbates Air Pollution Exposure Inequality in China

Income inequality is rising in China at the same time that urban air pollution remains high. Households can purchase market products such as masks and air filters to protect themselves from pollution. Using a unique data set of Internet purchases, we document that households invest more in such products when ambient pollution levels exceed key alert thresholds. Richer people are more likely to ...

Social-ecology : Exploring the Missing Link in Sustainable Development

Environmental challenges are, at their root, social problems that arise from income and power inequality. Thus, inequality is an environmental issue just as environmental degradation is a social issue (forming a “social-ecological nexus”), and solutions must address them jointly through principles and institutions rooted in justice. This article develops a two-sided “socialecological” approach ...