Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach
Considering its biological situation, each country has a specific carrying capacities to absorb pollutants. Increased production, population, and direct and indirect fossil energy consumption have increased emissions such as carbon dioxide, resulting in destructive effects on the environment such as...
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| description | Considering its biological situation, each country has a specific carrying capacities to absorb pollutants. Increased production, population, and direct and indirect fossil energy consumption have increased emissions such as carbon dioxide, resulting in destructive effects on the environment such as imbalanced greenhouse gases, global warming, climate changes, and endangering of humans’ and other creatures’ lives. The extent and dimension of the mentioned effects can vary depending on the consumption modus and technique practiced by households and industries. Ecological carbon footprint is a criterion to measure the humans’ impact on carbon emissions. In an attempt to measure the carbon footprint of households, this research seeks to answer the following questions: How much is the carbon footprint of urban and rural household deciles? What deciles create higher carbon footprints? What is the share of households in the country’s total carbon footprint? How big is the carbon footprint per capita in each decile? For this purpose, the Social Accounting Matrix of the year 2011 is used. The empirical results indicate that in 2011, the total net direct and indirect carbon footprint in Iran was 517 million tons, in which the household consumption accounts for 64% and the remaining 36% belongs to the government’s final consumption, export and others. Moreover, carbon footprint of urban households is more than the rural ones and it is elevated in higher income deciles. Carbon footprint of the tenth urban decile is 11 times greater than the first one. For rural deciles, this ratio is 9. Furthermore, carbon footprint of the tenth urban decile is 4 times greater than that of the tenth rural one. An Iranian’s household carbon footprint per capita was found to be about 4429 kg in 2012. Carbon foot print per capita in the first urban decile, the tenth urban decile, first rural decile, and the tenth rural decile is 1,124, 17,134, 965 and 9,803 kg, respectively. The results indicate that people with higher incomes have a greater carbon footprint. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d0eacb0bfb6b40559957bd079ffd37012024-01-02T10:29:21ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressفصلنامه پژوهشهای اقتصادی ایران1726-07282476-64452016-09-01216816320610.22054/ijer.2016.75007500Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) ApproachYaghoub Andayesh0Seyed Kamal Sadeghi1Zahra Karimi Takanlou2Mohammad Ali Motafakker Azad3Hossein Asgharpour4Assistant Professor, Economics, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, IRAN(Corresponding Author)Associate Professor, Economics, Tabriz University, Tabriz, IRAN,Associate Professor, Economics, Tabriz University, Tabriz, IRANProfessor, Economics, Tabriz University, Tabriz, IRANAssociate Professor, Economics, Tabriz University, Tabriz, IRANConsidering its biological situation, each country has a specific carrying capacities to absorb pollutants. Increased production, population, and direct and indirect fossil energy consumption have increased emissions such as carbon dioxide, resulting in destructive effects on the environment such as imbalanced greenhouse gases, global warming, climate changes, and endangering of humans’ and other creatures’ lives. The extent and dimension of the mentioned effects can vary depending on the consumption modus and technique practiced by households and industries. Ecological carbon footprint is a criterion to measure the humans’ impact on carbon emissions. In an attempt to measure the carbon footprint of households, this research seeks to answer the following questions: How much is the carbon footprint of urban and rural household deciles? What deciles create higher carbon footprints? What is the share of households in the country’s total carbon footprint? How big is the carbon footprint per capita in each decile? For this purpose, the Social Accounting Matrix of the year 2011 is used. The empirical results indicate that in 2011, the total net direct and indirect carbon footprint in Iran was 517 million tons, in which the household consumption accounts for 64% and the remaining 36% belongs to the government’s final consumption, export and others. Moreover, carbon footprint of urban households is more than the rural ones and it is elevated in higher income deciles. Carbon footprint of the tenth urban decile is 11 times greater than the first one. For rural deciles, this ratio is 9. Furthermore, carbon footprint of the tenth urban decile is 4 times greater than that of the tenth rural one. An Iranian’s household carbon footprint per capita was found to be about 4429 kg in 2012. Carbon foot print per capita in the first urban decile, the tenth urban decile, first rural decile, and the tenth rural decile is 1,124, 17,134, 965 and 9,803 kg, respectively. The results indicate that people with higher incomes have a greater carbon footprint.https://ijer.atu.ac.ir/article_7500_f36ef3d1b37bffe0233291a1ffb20f82.pdfsustainabilitycarbon footprintsocial accounting matrixdeciles of households |
| spellingShingle | Yaghoub Andayesh Seyed Kamal Sadeghi Zahra Karimi Takanlou Mohammad Ali Motafakker Azad Hossein Asgharpour Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach فصلنامه پژوهشهای اقتصادی ایران sustainability carbon footprint social accounting matrix deciles of households |
| title | Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach |
| title_full | Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach |
| title_fullStr | Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach |
| title_short | Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Urban and Rural Household Deciles in Iran: The Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Approach |
| title_sort | measuring the carbon footprint of urban and rural household deciles in iran the social accounting matrix sam approach |
| topic | sustainability carbon footprint social accounting matrix deciles of households |
| url | https://ijer.atu.ac.ir/article_7500_f36ef3d1b37bffe0233291a1ffb20f82.pdf |
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