Exploring EKC, trends of growth patterns and air pollutants concentration level in Malaysia: A Nemerow Index Approach

• Main Authors: Bekhet H.A., Yasmin T.
• Other Authors: 37100908800
• Format: Conference paper
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2023
• Subjects: Malaysia; Air quality; Air pollutants; Ambient air quality; Concentration levels; Economic indicators; Environmental Kuznets curves; Growth patterns; Per capita; Pollution level; air quality; ambient air; atmospheric pollution; concentration (composition); conference proceeding; environmental economics; Gross Domestic Product; index method; Kuznets curve; trend analysis; Economics

The present study examines an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis by analyzing annual data of air pollutants concentartion and per capita GDP as economic indicator over the (1996-2010) period in Malaysia. Nemerow Index Approach (I) used to generate a measures of air pollution. The results show that ambient air quality indicators supports the EKC hypothesis which stated that pollution levels increase as a country develops, but begin to decrease as rising incomes pass beyond a turning poin. Also, the I result is justifying that most pollutants are showing value less than 1. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.