Air pollution and income distribution in India

Tiburcio, James Augusto Pires

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“…The first strand reports the pursuit of economic growth has heightened environmental pollution, especially in developing countries (see Soytas and Sari, 2006;Narayan and Smyth, 2008;Apergis and Payne, 2009;Kasman & Duman, 2015;Farhani and Ozturk 2015;Ozturk et al 2016;Shahbaz et al 2017;Rauf et al 2018;Rafindadi and Usman, 2019;Dogan et al 2019;Dogan and Inglesi-Lotz, 2020;Usman et al 2019;2020 a&b). The second strand posits independence of environmental degradation and economic development, hence, does not follow the pattern of the EKC hypothesis due to sound environmental policies (see Mukhopadhyay and Chakraborty, 2005;Mukhopadhyay, 2008;Nasr et al 2015).…”

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Conflicts and ecological footprint in MENA countries: implications for sustainable terrestrial ecosystem

Usman

Rafindadi

Sarkodıe

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Conflicts are socio-political pressures that alter wellbeing, social structure, and economic sustenance. However, very limited studies have assessed the long-term impact of conflicts on environmental sustainability. This study investigates the role of internal and external conflicts on ecological footprint in the Middle East and North African countries (MENA) over the period 1995-2016. Here, we test whether the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis is valid for MENA countries during the period of internal and external conflicts-characterized by energy disasters and deteriorating income levels. Using robust econometric tools based on 12 MENA countries, the results show income growth has negative impact with evidence of inherent heterogeneity across quantile distribution of ecological footprint. However, the positive impact of the square term of income decreases ecological footprint, thus, confirming U-shaped relationship across MENA countries. The results further show excessive energy consumption attributed to urbanization and conflicts increases environmental degradation. These findings are essential for effective conflict resolution and environmental policies across conflict-prone countries.

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“…); Dietzenbacher andMukhopadhyay, (2007);Mukhopadhyay, (2008) who found no evidence supporting the EKC hypothesis in India. The result also concurs withNasr et al (2015) who revealed the EKC hypothesis is not valid for South Africa and Katircioglu and Katircioglu (2018) who documented U-shaped pattern of EKC for Turkey.…”

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