The inverted U-shaped relationship between the per capita income and the environmental quality known as Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) has been analysed and debated by a large number of economists in the 1990's. Various environmental quality in terms of Nox, Sox etc. have been demonstrated to...

section 1. Ecological and social resilience -- section 2. Ecosystem services and quality of life -- section 3. Valuation of ecosystem -- section 4. Community and natural resources management -- section 5. Policy reforms and sustainable development