Management of green transportation: an evidence-based approach

The objective of the study is to examine the impact of air-railways transportation on environmental degradation in the form of high mass carbon emission, natural resource depletion and forest depletion in the context of Pakistan by using an annual time series data from 1975 to 2016. The results show...

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Published inEnvironmental science and pollution research international Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 12574 - 12589
Main Authors Shouket, Bilal, Zaman, Khalid, Nassani, Abdelmohsen A., Aldakhil, Abdullah Mohammed, Abro, Muhammad Moinuddin Qazi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2019
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Carbon
Depletion
Earth and Environmental Science
Economic models
Ecotoxicology
Emissions
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental degradation
Environmental Health
Environmental science
Natural resources
Population growth
Railways
Research Article
Resource depletion
Sustainability management
Sustainable development
Sustainable transportation
Trade liberalization
Transportation engineering
Transportation systems
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
GDP per capita
Pakistan
Carbon dioxide emissions
Travel services
Air transportation
Railways transportation
Forest depletion
Natural resource depletion
Trade openness
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Summary:The objective of the study is to examine the impact of air-railways transportation on environmental degradation in the form of high mass carbon emission, natural resource depletion and forest depletion in the context of Pakistan by using an annual time series data from 1975 to 2016. The results show that railway passengers carried increases carbon emissions while air-railways transportation and travel services degrade environment in the form of natural resource depletion. The study verified “pollution haven hypothesis” where trade liberalization policies increases carbon emissions; however, “population genius” principle is hold where population growth conserve natural resources and environment through affluence and technology. The study concluded that government should take serious action to re-define transportation infrastructure in order to promote environmental sustainability agenda by introducing green vehicles and green transportation system, which is imperative for country’s long-term sustainable development.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-04748-4