Abstract Urbanization is one of the formation mechanisms of EKC, highlighted for the spatial agglomeration of capital element through the process of industrialization and urban expansion, which produces a nonlinear acceleration effect of growth and environmental pollution, and makes nonlinear trends of Logistic-type growth curve between economic growth and environmental pollution. The relative changes between economic growth and environmental pollution has the characteristics of inverted U-EKC, but the urbanization does not make such a nonlinear trend between the consumption and pollution emissions. Using the system of simultaneous equations based on the provincial data from 2000 to 2009, this paper examines the positive feedback relationship among the environment, urbanization and economic development, and demonstrates that the implementation of environmental-friendly urbanization strategy is the core of achieving sustainable development initiatives.
2013, Vol. 1 
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