Abstract

This study attempts to analyse the influence of urbanization, economic growth, and population size on residential carbon emissions in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) member nations for the period 1994 to 2013. To do so, we employ an augmented STIRPAT model in an ecological analytic framework with a fixed effect regression model that incorporates Driscoll and Kraay standard errors. The results show that population size and per capita GDP are leading drivers of high carbon emissions in the SAARC countries. The empirical results show that a U-shaped relationship exists between urbanization and residential carbon emissions: residential carbon emissions initially decrease with an increase in urbanization, reach a turning point at 25.33% and then increase with urbanization. Thus, our findings suggest a need for stronger national policies to control the impact of urbanization and population growth on residential carbon emissions in the SAARC member countries.

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中文翻译：

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城市化，经济增长和人口规模对南盟国家住宅碳排放的影响

摘要

本研究试图分析1994年至2013年间南亚区域合作联盟（SAARC）成员国中城市化，经济增长和人口规模对住宅碳排放的影响。为此，我们采用了增强的STIRPAT模型在具有固定效应回归模型的生态分析框架中，该模型结合了Driscoll和Kraay标准误差。结果表明，人口规模和人均GDP是南盟国家高碳排放的主要驱动力。实证结果表明，城市化与居民碳排放之间存在U型关系：居民碳排放最初随着城市化的增加而减少，达到25.33％的转折点，然后随着城市化的增加而增加。从而，

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