Exploring the Impacts of Economic Growth on Ecosystem and Its Subcomponents in Turkiye
Emre Akusta

TL;DR
This paper examines how economic growth in Turkiye affects various ecosystem components, revealing positive impacts on agriculture and water resources but negative effects on biodiversity, habitat, and ecosystem vitality, emphasizing the need for sustainable policies.
Contribution
It provides a detailed analysis of the differential impacts of economic growth on multiple ecosystem subcomponents in Turkiye using ARDL models from 1995 to 2021.
Findings
Economic growth positively impacts agriculture and water resources.
Economic growth negatively impacts biodiversity, habitat, and ecosystem vitality.
The study highlights the environmental costs associated with economic growth.
Abstract
This study analyzes the impacts of economic growth on ecosystem in Turkiye. The study uses annual data for the period 1995-2021 and the ARDL method. The study utilizes the Ecosystem Vitality Index, a sub-dimension of the Environmental Performance Index. In addition, seven models were constructed to assess in detail the impact of economic growth on different dimensions of the ecosystem. The results show that economic growth has a significant impact in all models analyzed. However, the direction of this impact differs across ecosystem components. Economic growth is found to have a positive impact on agriculture and water resources. In these models, a 1% increase in GDP increases the agriculture and water resources indices by 0.074-0.672%. In contrast, economic growth has a negative impact on biodiversity and habitat, ecosystem services, fisheries, acid rain and total ecosystem vitality.…
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Taxonomy
TopicsLand Use and Ecosystem Services · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
