ENDÜSTRİYEL KALKINMA VE ÇEVRESEL KUZNETS EĞRİSİ: ERGENE HAVZASI ÜZERİNE BİR VAKA ÇALIŞMASI

Abstract

The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis argues that there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between economic development and environmental damage as such environmental damage increases during the early stages of economic development but then decreases after certain level of economic development is reached. This study aims to contribute the discussion of the EKC hypothesis by providing a case study from the Ergene River Basin in Turkey. The case study of the industrialization in the Ergene River Basin confirms the inverted U-shape relationship between economic development and environmental degradation suggested by the EKC hypothesis.