Environmental management amidst energy use, urbanization, trade openness, and deforestation: The Nigerian experience
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2020
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WILEY, 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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This study empirically explores the linkage between urbanization and deforestation while controlling for the role of energy consumption, trade openness, and economic growth within recent data from 1971 to 2015. To do this, we employed the vector error correction-Granger causality approach and Pesaran's autoregressive distributed lag cointegration technique. The Bayer–Hanck cointegration test establishes an equilibrium relationship among the variables. Results reveal that economic growth, energy consumption, and urbanization have a significant impact on deforestation in Nigeria, thereby reducing the quality of the environment. Short- and long-run unidirectional casualty flows from urbanization to deforestation. Therefore, policies for reducing deforestation and enhancing environmental sustainability for growth and development were suggested.
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Journal of Public Affairs
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N/A
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Q1
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20
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2
