Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis
Keeping a sustainable environment is always a massive challenge for oil-exporting countries, and in that situation, industrialization and rapid growth of urbanization can add fuel to the fire. We investigate the effects of industrialization and urbanization on the CO2 emissions per capita in Saudi A...
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| author | Haider Mahmood Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb Maham Furqan |
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| description | Keeping a sustainable environment is always a massive challenge for oil-exporting countries, and in that situation, industrialization and rapid growth of urbanization can add fuel to the fire. We investigate the effects of industrialization and urbanization on the CO2 emissions per capita in Saudi Arabia, utilizing an annual period 1968–2014. The results show that both industrialization and urbanization impede the environment with the inelastic effect of industrialization and elastic effect of urbanization on the emissions. An asymmetry in the relationship of industrialization and emissions is also found. The increasing industrialization has larger environmental effect than decreasing industrialization. We recommend the Saudi government to design tighter urban and industrial–environmental policies to put a halt on increasing CO2 emissions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8453c2fdf58947bfb74ade5fd1f4797a2022-12-21T22:21:21ZengElsevierEnergy Reports2352-48472020-11-01615531560Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysisHaider Mahmood0Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb1Maham Furqan2College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author.College of Business Administration, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia; Kafr Elshiekh University, Kafr Elshiekh 33511, EgyptOregon State University, United StatesKeeping a sustainable environment is always a massive challenge for oil-exporting countries, and in that situation, industrialization and rapid growth of urbanization can add fuel to the fire. We investigate the effects of industrialization and urbanization on the CO2 emissions per capita in Saudi Arabia, utilizing an annual period 1968–2014. The results show that both industrialization and urbanization impede the environment with the inelastic effect of industrialization and elastic effect of urbanization on the emissions. An asymmetry in the relationship of industrialization and emissions is also found. The increasing industrialization has larger environmental effect than decreasing industrialization. We recommend the Saudi government to design tighter urban and industrial–environmental policies to put a halt on increasing CO2 emissions.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248471930736XCO2 emissionsIndustrializationUrbanizationAsymmetry |
| spellingShingle | Haider Mahmood Tarek Tawfik Yousef Alkhateeb Maham Furqan Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis Energy Reports CO2 emissions Industrialization Urbanization Asymmetry |
| title | Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis |
| title_full | Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis |
| title_fullStr | Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis |
| title_short | Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia: Asymmetry analysis |
| title_sort | industrialization urbanization and co2 emissions in saudi arabia asymmetry analysis |
| topic | CO2 emissions Industrialization Urbanization Asymmetry |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235248471930736X |
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