Dynamic linkages among energy consumption, environment, health and wealth in BRICS countries: Green growth key to sustainable development

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 1263-1271

  Zaman, Khalid ^a   Abdullah, Alias Bin ^b   Khan, Anwar ^c,d   Nasir, Mohammad Rusdi Bin Mohd ^e   Hamzah, Tengku Adeline Adura Tengku ^b   Hussain, Saddam ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d Attock Campus   (Pakistan)

^e SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

BRICS countries; Energy consumption; Environment; Health factors; Panel cointegration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; HEALTH; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BRICS COUNTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GREEN ENVIRONMENTS; GREEN GROWTHS; HEALTH FACTORS; PANEL COINTEGRATION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84952362235     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.010     Document Type: Review

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