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Vietnam Economic Situation and Its Impacts on Three Natural Resources: Air, Water, and Soil
Author(s)
Le Dieu Linh Nguyen
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2185/2019.06.009
Affiliation(s)
Hanoi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Hanoi, Vietnam
ABSTRACT
The
current economic development is the process of improving the physical and
spiritual living conditions for people
through the production of material wealth and the improvement of social
relations as well as the improvement of cultural quality. In recent years,
Vietnam showed robust growth in terms of economic development, along with the
fast pace of urbanization and population increase. However, the economic growth
has led to serious problems relating to the environment, such as the pollution
of the air, water, and soil, which hugely affected the quality of human life. The
Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) implied that a country with strong economic
background shifting to industrialization or mechanization of agriculture will
have positive GDP and the environmental damage level will decrease. The
analysis and assessment showed that the environmental problems caused by
economic activities are: air pollution in the urban area still maintained at
high level; water pollution in rivers and limited fresh water supply; and the
soil pollution and declining water supply underneath soil are developing.
KEYWORDS
socio-economic development, EKC, air, water, soil, air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution
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