Long-run Projections of Environmental Impact in the OECD: The Importance of Uncertainty and Age Structure
Liddle, Brantley (2011) Long-run Projections of Environmental Impact in the OECD: The Importance of Uncertainty and Age Structure. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 11 (3/4). pp. 200-217. ISSN 1466-6650
Abstract
This paper considers the influence of uncertainty with respect to GDP and population - total and age structure - on long-run environmental impact projections. A simple model, based on the stochastic version of the IPAT equation, is used to generate projections of two environmental impacts for which population has a demonstrated influence - carbon emissions from transport and residential electricity consumption. The paper examines the sensitivity of those long-run projections to uncertainty regarding possible future GDP and population growth/change
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Item type | Article |
URI | https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/9447 |
DOI | 10.1504/IJGENVI.2011.044551 |
Subjects | Historical > FOR Classification > 0502 Environmental Science and Management Historical > FOR Classification > 1402 Applied Economics Historical > SEO Classification > 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) |
Keywords | ResPubID24431, STIRPAT, stochastic impacts by regression on population affluence and technology, demography and environmental impact, age structure and environment, population and sustainable development, greenhouse gas emissions projections, uncertainty and projections, sensitivity analysis, factorial experimental designs |
Citations in Scopus | 2 - View on Scopus |
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