Added Title
DLSU-AKI Policy Brief Volume VII, No. 1
Document Type
Policy Brief
Publication Date
2013
Place of Publication
DLSU-Angelo King Institute, Room 223, LS building, 2401 Taft Avenue, Manila 0922
Abstract
Urbanization, or the social and economic modernization of metropolitan cities (Poumanyvong & Kaveko, 2010), has obtained unprecedented growth. As an inevitable phase of globalization, it has fuelled society’s consumption patterns, alongside incessant technological development. Mass production and industrialization, the primary thrusts of the global market, require consumption of non-renewable resources arising from the increase in energy usage. These centers of production are concentrated in urban, highly populated areas. This phase of progress, however, comes at the expense of environmental quality. Levels of carbon emissions are concentrated in areas with high population density. This hampers the natural flow of the ecosystem and a sustainable environment might not be efficiently maintained. As a result of this trend, increase in the density of carbon emissions might potentially harness catastrophic impacts in the future.
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Recommended Citation
Abesamis, J., Campos, J., & Castelle, C. (2013). Estimating the Effects of Urbanization on Carbon Emissions: Evidence in the Philippines. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/res_aki/152
Disciplines
Environmental Health | Urban Studies and Planning
Keywords
Carbon Emissions; renewable Energy; Urbanization; Pollution; ecosystem
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