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- Title
The Impact of Income Level on Household Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Case Study for Turkey.
- Authors
ERCAN, Ersin; YATARKALKMAZ, Mehmet Mustafa; BULUT, Onur Fatih
- Abstract
This study examines the effects of income levels on household greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. For this aim, the impact of income level on household carbon footprints was analysed. Based on a largescale household survey in Ankara, direct and some indirect GHG emissions at the household level were estimated. Furthermore, the results were examined with the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) Hypothesis which was studied in Turkey. Results showed that there is a significant relationship between household GHG emissions and income level groups. Depending on the level of income, consumption growth, and per capita, energy usage results in an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Household average emission is found as 6.934 tons of CO2e per capita. Household carbon footprint varied across Ankara's district according to income level. Wealthy districts usually have a higher per capita carbon footprint than poor districts. Besides the wealthiest socio-economic level was found to emit 1.87 times as much CO2e as the lowest. It is identified that emissions from heat production take the larger share of household carbon footprints. It is also determined that the only emission that decreases with higher income levels is indirect emissions from water consumption.
- Subjects
GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; ECOLOGICAL impact; SOCIOECONOMICS; HEAT production (Biology); ANALYSIS of variance
- Publication
Journal of Statistical Research / İstatistik Araştırma Dergisi, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
1303-6319
- Publication type
Article