Revealing the environmental pollution in nexus of aviation transportation in SAARC region

The environmental degradation has put serious concern among the nations at global level, yet contented measures are still lagged behind the prospective outcomes. This study is aimed at analyzing the existence of “aviation transportation Kuznets curve” together with “environmental Kuznets curve” in p...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2019-08, Vol.26 (24), p.25092-25106
Main Authors: Hassan, Syeda Anam, Nosheen, Misbah, Rafaz, Nazish
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Aviation
Diesel fuels
Earth and Environmental Science
Econometrics
Economic development
Economic growth
Economic models
Ecotoxicology
Emissions
Energy conservation
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental degradation
Environmental Health
Environmental Kuznets curve
Environmental science
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Least squares
Renewable energy
Research Article
Transportation
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:The environmental degradation has put serious concern among the nations at global level, yet contented measures are still lagged behind the prospective outcomes. This study is aimed at analyzing the existence of “aviation transportation Kuznets curve” together with “environmental Kuznets curve” in perspective of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the SAARC region during 1980 to 2018. The panel unit root test summary applied to panel data indicates the first difference order while panel fisher cointegration shows long-run association among the considered variables. The econometric results by fully modified least square (FMOLS) validate the existence of “inverted U-shaped” Kuznets curve for environment as (EKC) and aviation transported carriage (ATC) while “U shaped” aviation transported passenger (ATP) is observed in context to greenhouse gas (GHG). In addition, the dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS) exhibits “inverted U shaped” for aviation transportation while GDP has an increasing trend of “U-shaped” curve. The pairwise Dumitrescu-Hurlin panel causality shows unidirectional association from economic growth, trade openness, and aviation sector to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Therefore, it is an urgent need of the hour for the SAARC region to consider the sustainability of the environment by key sector. This analysis suggests that SAARC nations must focus on exploiting renewable energy means along with implementing fuel-saving traveler and merchandise expertise that thoroughly cuts the diesel fuel.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-019-05648-3