Investigating the Impact of Urban Development on Energy Consumption and Environmental Sustainability (Comparative study of selected oil-based and non-oil countries)

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1 allameh

2 Allameh Tabatabai`e University

3 allameh university

Abstract

This paper aims to assess and compare the effects of urbanization on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission between selected oil-based and non-oil countries by considering three theories of "environmental change into urban space", "urban density" and "ecological modernization theory". Therefore, a balanced panel model is estimated for 20 countries during 1995-2011. Results indicate that the effect of urbanization on energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in both groups are positive and significant. The effects of urbanization on energy consumption are as much as 1.65 and 0.67, for non-oil group and oil-exporting countries, respectively. In addition, the magnitudes of effects of urbanization on carbon dioxide emission are 0.27 for oil exporting countries and 0.12 for other countries. The difference in the coefficients of effects of urbanization on carbon dioxide emission confirms the ecological modernization theory

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