Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies.
Carbon emissions are primarily the result of human activity in urban areas. Inadequate sanitary facilities, contaminated drinking water, nonrenewable energy, and high traffic congestion have all impacted the natural ecosystem. Using data from 1975 to 2019, the study assessed the impact of the aforem...
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| author | Luqman Khalil Shujaat Abbas Kamil Hussain Khalid Zaman Iswan Hailan Salamun Zainudin Bin Hassan Muhammad Khalid Anser |
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| description | Carbon emissions are primarily the result of human activity in urban areas. Inadequate sanitary facilities, contaminated drinking water, nonrenewable energy, and high traffic congestion have all impacted the natural ecosystem. Using data from 1975 to 2019, the study assessed the impact of the aforementioned variables on Pakistan's carbon emissions in light of this crucial fact. The ARDL cointegration method was used to estimate the short- and long-run parameter estimates. Urban sanitation challenges and energy consumption increase carbon emissions, which affects the natural environment by raising a country's carbon intensity. Economic expansion confirmed the inverted U-shaped relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth to verify the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in the long run. In contrast, the monotonically rising function of carbon emissions provides evidence of the nation's economic development in the short run. Access to clean drinking water improves population health and encourages the purchase of eco-friendly products. The government must improve sanitation services and use renewable energy sources to enhance air quality. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af550fcbbaa74ce6ab79ff83e46e52d02022-12-22T02:56:22ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01178e027101710.1371/journal.pone.0271017Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies.Luqman KhalilShujaat AbbasKamil HussainKhalid ZamanIswanHailan SalamunZainudin Bin HassanMuhammad Khalid AnserCarbon emissions are primarily the result of human activity in urban areas. Inadequate sanitary facilities, contaminated drinking water, nonrenewable energy, and high traffic congestion have all impacted the natural ecosystem. Using data from 1975 to 2019, the study assessed the impact of the aforementioned variables on Pakistan's carbon emissions in light of this crucial fact. The ARDL cointegration method was used to estimate the short- and long-run parameter estimates. Urban sanitation challenges and energy consumption increase carbon emissions, which affects the natural environment by raising a country's carbon intensity. Economic expansion confirmed the inverted U-shaped relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth to verify the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in the long run. In contrast, the monotonically rising function of carbon emissions provides evidence of the nation's economic development in the short run. Access to clean drinking water improves population health and encourages the purchase of eco-friendly products. The government must improve sanitation services and use renewable energy sources to enhance air quality.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271017 |
| spellingShingle | Luqman Khalil Shujaat Abbas Kamil Hussain Khalid Zaman Iswan Hailan Salamun Zainudin Bin Hassan Muhammad Khalid Anser Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies. PLoS ONE |
| title | Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies. |
| title_full | Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies. |
| title_fullStr | Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies. |
| title_short | Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies. |
| title_sort | sanitation water energy use and traffic volume affect environmental quality go for green developmental policies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271017 |
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