Measuring economic, social and environmental wellbeing of Asian economies.

Autor: Sharmin M; Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM), Plot No: E-33, Agargaon Administrative Area, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh. mowshumi405@gmail.com., Dey SR; Bangladesh Institute of Governance and Management (BIGM), Plot No: E-33, Agargaon Administrative Area, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh., Islam MT; Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham Geospatial Building, Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road, Nottingham, NG8 1BB, UK.; Department of Arts and Humanities, Bishop Grosseteste University, Longdales Road, Lincoln, LN1 3DY, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2022 Mar; Vol. 29 (13), pp. 18591-18604. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 25.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-16999-1
Abstrakt: This study aims to address the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing issues simultaneously by measuring the carbon intensity of wellbeing (CIWB) of Asian economies employing Prais-Winsten and pooled OLS estimator. The measure of CIWB is made taking into account a ratio of the two indicators-CO 2 emissions per capita and life expectancy at birth. There is a paucity of studies that concentrate on human and social wellbeing indicators (i.e., water, sanitation, life expectancy) together applying the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. Therefore, we have also investigated the EKC hypothesis as this theory hypothesizes the link involving human and environmental wellbeing and development. The findings utilizing the two econometric techniques indicate that in both the estimation models urban population access to an improved water source and total population access to improved water source has consistently negative and significant effects on CIWB. The fertility rate and prevalence of HIV pose no threat to CIWB. These findings demonstrate that social and human wellbeing indicators of the Asian economies are sustainable to this moment as they are lowering CIWB which is desirable. Contrary, GDP per capita, exports as a percent of GDP, and urban population have a significant and positive impact on CIWB which poses a challenge for the sustainability issue. We also have found the existence of the EKC hypothesis indicating environmental quality will increase past a turning point. The findings of the paper are well matched with the view of the "Economic and ecological modernization" theory and "human ecology" theory.
(© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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