摘要
Populationgrowthanddevelopmentpatternshaveasignificantimpactontheenvironmentalperformance.Theissueofconcerniswhetherpopulationgrowthortheconsumption/productionpatternsareresponsibleforenvironmentaldeterioration.Thispaperisanattempttocapturetheimpactoftechnologicaldevelopment,affluence,andpopulationonenvironmentalperformanceindex,whilepreviousstutheshadcapturedtheimpactofthesethreefactorsonenvironmentonlythroughCO2emissions.Theanalysisrevealsthattechnologicaldevelopmentandpopulationsizehaveanegativeimpactonenvironmentalperformance,whereasmeasurestoimproveaffluencehaveapositiveimpact.Technologicaldevelopmenthasincreasedtheproductionofenergyefficientproductsbutatthesametimeconsumptionoftheseproductshasincreasedmanifoldleadingtoenvironmentaldeterioration.Demographicattributesneedspecificattentiontoimproveenvironmentalperformance.Thispaperconcludesonsomepolicyreflectionsonslowingthepopulationgrowthaswellaspersuadesindividualsandeconomiestorelooktotheirconsumptionandproductionpatternsandchannelizetheireffortstoprotecttheenvironment.
出版日期
2016年03月13日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
