Evaluation of Economic Development Process on Environmental Pollution Status in Hanoi, Vietnam

Abstract:

After 20 years of innovation, the economy of Vietnam has achieved high growths with lots of advantages for the country’s industrialization and modernization process. The country has gradually reduced poverty, created more jobs, improved people's life standards and narrowed down the economic gap between its own and that of other countries in the world. However, economy growths have at the same time caused big pressure on the quality of the environment, especially in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. The environmental problems such as water pollution, air and solid waste are becoming more and more serious. This paper presents discussions on the following issues in the case of Hanoi: (1) an analysis of the economy development from 2008 up to present; (2) the influences of industrialization- modernization-urbanization process on environmental quality; (3) an analysis of the environmental pollution; and (4) a proposal of the possible measures to protect living environment towards a sustainable development.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 295-298)
• Pages: 992-998
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.295-298.992
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Jian Hua Li, Thi Thu Thuy Nguyen, Kim Giao Duong
• Keywords: Economic Development, Environment Pollution, Hanoi, Sustainable Development

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