Impact of urbanization, economic growth, and population size on residential carbon emissions in the SAARC countries

This study attempts to analyse the influence of urbanization, economic growth, and population size on residential carbon emissions in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member nations for the period 1994 to 2013. To do so, we employ an augmented STIRPAT model in an ecologic...

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Published inClean technologies and environmental policy Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 923 - 936
Main Authors Anser, Muhammad Khalid, Alharthi, Majed, Aziz, Babar, Wasim, Sarah
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Carbon
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological effects
Economic analysis
Economic development
Economic growth
Economics
Emissions
Empirical analysis
Environment
Environmental Economics
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental policy
Errors
Impact analysis
Industrial and Production Engineering
Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
International cooperation
Original Paper
Population
Population growth
Population number
Population policy
Regression analysis
Regression models
Sustainable Development
Urbanization
Urbanization
Population size
Economic growth
Residential carbon
SAARC countries
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Summary:This study attempts to analyse the influence of urbanization, economic growth, and population size on residential carbon emissions in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member nations for the period 1994 to 2013. To do so, we employ an augmented STIRPAT model in an ecological analytic framework with a fixed effect regression model that incorporates Driscoll and Kraay standard errors. The results show that population size and per capita GDP are leading drivers of high carbon emissions in the SAARC countries. The empirical results show that a U-shaped relationship exists between urbanization and residential carbon emissions: residential carbon emissions initially decrease with an increase in urbanization, reach a turning point at 25.33% and then increase with urbanization. Thus, our findings suggest a need for stronger national policies to control the impact of urbanization and population growth on residential carbon emissions in the SAARC member countries. Graphic abstract
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ISSN:1618-954X
1618-9558
DOI:10.1007/s10098-020-01833-y