ROLE OF URBANIZATION AND URBAN INCOME IN CARBON EMISSIONS: REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF CHINA

The study aims to analyze the impact of urbanization and urban income on carbon emission, in the case of China Panel data estimations use the data from 30 Chinese provinces from 1998 to 2016. Empirical result of urbanization confirms significant and positive coefficient, whereas, urban income has a negative coefficient. This illustrates that higher urbanization trend escalates the carbon emission, while this urban-based carbon emission can be controlled by increasing the per capita income of the urban population. Moreover, economic growth, industrialization, coal, and oil consumption are responsible for carbon emission, as reported by the significant and positive coefficients. The findings of the regional analysis are in line with the full sample results. Based on the results, the study provides practical implications for policy makers to curtail the environmental degradation process.