School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
Department of Economics, Preston University Kohat, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2022 Nov;29(54):82365-82378. doi: 10.1007/s11356-022-21545-8. Epub 2022 Jun 25.
Sustainable management of natural resources and green urbanization is crucial because it assists the use of resources wisely without unnecessary use and without affecting future generations' needs. This research aims to examine the impact of the abundance of natural resources on China's CO emissions while moderating the roles of manufacturing value-added, urbanization, and permanent cropland from 1970 to 2016. This study developed a comprehensive empirical analysis, applied advanced econometric methodologies, and used the generalized linear model (GLM) and robust generalized estimating equation (GEE). Overall, the results conclude that natural resource abundance and permanent cropland are negatively associated with China's CO emissions. However, urbanization and manufacturing value-added are negatively related to those CO emissions. Moreover, natural resource abundance and permanent cropland improve environmental sustainability while urbanization and manufacturing value-added deteriorate that environmental sustainability. It is suggested that policymakers should promote sustainable management of natural resources and encourage economic usage of natural resources to boost resilient ecosystems; shape sustainable places, lifestyles, and communities; and consume natural resources less. Additionally, policymakers should consider collaborating with landscape architects, urban planners, engineers, transport planners, ecologists, sociologists, physiologists, economists, physicists, and other specialists to develop green urban communities. The limitations of the study and directions for future research are discussed.
自然资源的可持续管理和绿色城市化至关重要，因为它有助于明智地利用资源，避免不必要的浪费，同时不影响子孙后代的需求。本研究旨在检验自然资源丰度对中国 CO 排放的影响，同时在 1970 年至 2016 年期间，调节制造业附加值、城市化和永久性耕地的作用。本研究采用综合实证分析，应用先进的计量经济学方法，使用广义线性模型（GLM）和稳健广义估计方程（GEE）。总体而言，研究结果表明，自然资源丰度和永久性耕地与中国的 CO 排放呈负相关。然而，城市化和制造业附加值与这些 CO 排放呈负相关。此外，自然资源丰度和永久性耕地提高了环境可持续性，而城市化和制造业附加值则降低了环境可持续性。建议政策制定者应促进自然资源的可持续管理，鼓励经济利用自然资源，以促进有弹性的生态系统；塑造可持续的场所、生活方式和社区；并减少自然资源的消耗。此外，政策制定者应该考虑与景观设计师、城市规划师、工程师、交通规划师、生态学家、社会学家、生理学家、经济学家、物理学家和其他专家合作，开发绿色城市社区。讨论了研究的局限性和未来研究的方向。
