@article{ref1,
title="The step towards environmental mitigation in Pakistan: do transportation services, urbanization, and financial development matter?",
journal="Environmental science and pollution research international",
year="2021",
author="Jermsittiparsert, Kittisak and Shabib-Ul-Hasan, Syed and Sharif, Arshian and Sarwat, Salman and Ashraf, Muhammad Sajjad and Ahmad, Paiman and Godil, Danish Iqbal",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study is a scholarly effort to broaden the existing literature on the impact of transportation services, urbanization, and financial development on ecological  footprints in Pakistan. Data used in this study covers the period of 39 years from  1980 to 2018. This study adopted the QARDL model to tackle the non-linear  association of variables and test their long-run stability across the different  quantiles. The findings of this study indicated a significant negative association  of transportation services and financial development with ecological footprints in  Pakistan at almost all quantiles whereas, the urban population was found to be  positively associated with the ecological footprint in Pakistan. <br><br>RESULTS also  justify the existence of the EKC hypothesis in the scenario of Pakistan. Policymakers are advised to frame strategies for investors to invest more in  eco-friendly projects to curtail the ecological footprints in Pakistan. Minimizing  the dependency of the transportation sector on fossil fuel, and increased use of  energy-efficient appliances in the urban population would be beneficial to control  the negative influence on ecological footprints in Pakistan.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0944-1344",
doi="10.1007/s11356-020-11839-0",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11839-0"
}