Transport energy consumption and environmental quality: Does urbanization matter?
Carbon emissions
Environmental degradation
Pollution
Transport energy
Urbanization
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Nov 2020
20 Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
11
05
2020
revised:
26
06
2020
accepted:
28
06
2020
pubmed:
28
7
2020
medline:
28
7
2020
entrez:
27
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Previous studies on environmental quality have emphasized the importance of transportation and urbanization in influencing carbon emission globally. While the theoretical and empirical discussions remain inconclusive and controversial, the question of whether transport energy consumption and urbanization induce emissions of carbon dioxide in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains unclear. This study contributes to the ensuing debate on sustainable transportation and urban development, focusing on the link between transport energy consumption, urbanization and carbon emissions in 19 SSA countries over 31 years (1980-2011). Using the IV-GMM estimator that accounts for endogeneity and cross-sectional dependence inherent in panel dataset, three key findings emerge from the study. First, we find substantial evidence that CO
Identifiants
pubmed: 32712414
pii: S0048-9697(20)34139-5
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140617
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
140617Informations de copyright
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