ArticlePloS one2022
Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies.
Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Environmental sanitation satisfaction and associated factors among residents from National Sanitary Cities.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Using smart transportation assets to hedge fossil energy markets: Evidence from quantile-based VAR approach.PloS one · 2025Article
- Retraction: Sanitation, water, energy use, and traffic volume affect environmental quality: Go-for-green developmental policies.PloS one · 2024Article
- How to Evaluate Green Development Policy Based on the PMC Index Model: Evidence from China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Under the different sectors: the relationship between low-carbon economic development, health and GDP.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Retraction · 2024-10-14Concerns/Issues about Authorship/Affiliation · Concerns/Issues about Data · Concerns/Issues about Results and/or Conclusions · Investigation by Journal/Publisher · Objections by Author(s) · Original Data and/or Images not Provided and/or not Available · Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions ·
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8 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
Carbon emissions are primarily the result of human activity in urban areas. Inadequate sanitary facilities, contaminated drinking water, nonrenewable energy, and high traffic congestion have all impacted the natural ecosystem. Using data from 1975 to 2019, the study assessed the impact of the aforementioned variables on Pakistan's carbon emissions in light of this crucial fact. The ARDL cointegration method was used to estimate the short- and long-run parameter estimates. Urban sanitation challenges and energy consumption increase carbon emissions, which affects the natural environment by raising a country's carbon intensity. Economic expansion confirmed the inverted U-shaped relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth to verify the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis in the long run. In contrast, the monotonically rising function of carbon emissions provides evidence of the nation's economic development in the short run. Access to clean drinking water improves population health and encourages the purchase of eco-friendly products. The government must improve sanitation services and use renewable energy sources to enhance air quality.
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