Abstract
The relationship between indicators for sustainable transportation is a pressing issue that has argued the attention of policymakers, engineers, and academics. The transportation sector plays a crucial role in economic growth, while also having significant environmental consequences. This systematic literature review offers a comprehensive overview of the different research methodologies utilized to estimate the interrelationships between the transport sector, environmental degradation, and economic growth. Our study analyzed 977 citations sourced from Web of Science and SCOPUS, spanning the years 2010 to June 2022. The PRISMA methodology was employed for organizing and identifying articles. After a thorough evaluation, 52 published articles from 25 international journals were selected for further examination. Our findings show that researchers have used a variety of modeling approaches to shed light on this complex issue, with multivariate co-integration techniques, decomposition analysis, and the generalized method of moments being among the most widely used methods in recent years. This review provides perspectives to policymakers and decision-makers, enabling them to create effective energy and environmental strategies for a long-term, sustainable transportation future.
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Abbreviations
- ARDL:
-
Autoregressive distributed lag
- EC:
-
Energy consumption
- EKC:
-
Environmental Kuznets Curve
- FMOLS:
-
Fully modified ordinary least square
- FP:
-
Fuel price
- FT:
-
Freight transport
- GDP:
-
Gross domestic product
- GHG:
-
Greenhouse gases
- GMM:
-
Generalized method of moments
- LMDI:
-
Logarithmic mean divisia index
- MENA:
-
Middle East and north Africa
- RI:
-
Road infrastructure
- SLR:
-
Systematic literature review
- TCO2:
-
Transport carbon dioxide emissions
- TEC:
-
Transport energy consumption
- TVA:
-
Transport value added
- OECD:
-
Organization for economic co-operation and development
- VAR:
-
Vector autoregressive
- VECM:
-
Vector error correction model
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Ouni, M., Abdallah, K.B. & Ouni, F. The nexus between indicators for sustainable transportation: a systematic literature review. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 95272–95295 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29127-y
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