The link between urbanization and air pollution in Turkey: evidence from dynamic autoregressive distributed lag simulations

This study investigates the relationship between urbanization and air pollution in Turkey. Dynamic ARDL method was used for period 1960–2015. According to findings, there is a positive statistically significant long-term CO2. If increased by 1%, carbon emissions 0.02%. There similar shocks that will occur population growth CO2 emission long term. However, negative insignificant two variables. In GDP CO2, increase of 1% increases 0.11%. emissions. short-term analysis results, energy consumption same rate as GDP. astonishing result emerges here. Empirical results show shock reduces pollution. these Turkey has not reached point sustainable growth. For this reason, developing country needs make regulatory implementations determine future policies impacts affecting