Intensity of human environmental impact may lessen as incomes rise, analysis suggests
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 13:56
in Mathematics & Economics
(PhysOrg.com) -- The richer you are, the more of the world`s resources you can afford to consume. But in many parts of the world, rising incomes are not having the proportionate effect on energy consumption, croplands and deforestation that one might expect, a new 25-year study shows.