Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in
Saudi
Arabia
: Asymmetry analysis
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Industrialization, urbanization and CO2 emissions in
Saudi
Arabia
: Asymmetry analysis
Autor:
Mahmood, Haider
;
Alkahteeb, Tarek Tawfik
;
Furqan, Maham
Assuntos:
Asymmetry
;
CO2 emissions
;
Industrialization
;
Urbanization
É parte de:
Energy reports, 2020-11, Vol.6, p.1553-1560
Descrição:
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.
Editor:
Amsterdam: Elsevier
Idioma:
Inglês