Department of Economics, Université de Parakou, Parakou, Benin.
Department of Economics, Université d'Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Nov;30(51):111092-111098. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-30235-y. Epub 2023 Oct 6.
Transport energy use contributes to pollution, so it generates negative externalities. This paper analyzes the effect of urbanization on the transport final energy consumption in African countries. To that end, the paper applies the panel threshold regression (PTR) model for a panel of 25 African countries over the period 1992-2017. The findings show that there is a significant positive relationship between total and per capita transport energy consumption and the share of the urban population in the total population. Thus, urbanization fosters transport energy consumption, either per capita energy consumption or total energy consumption. Therefore, the results from this study suggest that African countries should promote sustainable urbanization in terms of transportation.
交通能源消耗会造成污染，因此会产生负外部性。本文分析了城市化对非洲国家交通终端能源消耗的影响。为此，本文利用面板门槛回归（PTR）模型，对 1992 年至 2017 年期间的 25 个非洲国家进行了面板分析。研究结果表明，交通能源总消耗与人均消耗以及城市人口占总人口的比例之间存在显著的正相关关系。因此，城市化促进了交通能源消耗，无论是人均能源消耗还是总能源消耗。因此，本研究结果表明，非洲国家应在交通方面促进可持续的城市化。
