Asymmetric relationship of urbanization and CO2 emissions in less developed countries.

ABSTRACT: Understanding the relationship between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the urbanization of national populations has been a key concern for environmental scholars for several decades. Although sophisticated modeling techniques have been developed to explore the connection between increases in urban populations and CO2 emissions, none has attempted to assess whether declines in urbanization have an effect on emissions that is not symmetrical with that of growth in urbanization. The present study uses panel data on CO2 emissions and the percentage of individuals living in urban areas, as well as a variety of other structural factors, for less-developed countries from 1960-2010, to empirically assess whether the effect of growth in urban populations on emissions is symmetrical with the effe

SUBMITTER: McGee JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286174 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature