Effect of lifestyle changes and consumption patterns on environmental impact:a comparison study of Pakistan and China

Sania Binte Saleem; Yousaf Ali

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Increased economic development and industrialization put strain on environment,hence causing pollution and destroying ecosystem.Generally,many different factors affect the environment.These factors include GHG emissions,deforestation,and others.These are all related to human activities on Earth.Other factors that affect environment include population,consumption patterns,and changing life styles of people due to increased income.This study involves the comparison analysis of Pakistan and China on the basis of environmental impact caused by some major driving factors.China is the second largest CO2 emitter in the world with a population of 1.37 billion in 2016 and the second largest economy in the world.Pakistan is ranked as 40th on the basis of nominal GDP.Both the countries observed noticeable growth in economic development for over 55 years,i.e.1960-2016.This study identifies how population,affluence,consumption,and emissions as the major factors affect environmental pollution and use ImPACT equation,or I =PACT,to calculate the environmental impact and to determine which factors affect the environment the most.The study suggests that the people of both China and Pakistan have experienced increased income for the past 50 years and this increase has led to the changes in their lifestyles,from suitable clothing and quality food to comfortable living and increased energy consumption,thus affecting environment.

机译：经济发展和工业化的增长给环境带来压力，从而造成污染和破坏生态系统。通常，影响环境的因素很多。这些因素包括温室气体排放，森林砍伐等。这些因素都与地球上的人类活动有关。影响环境的因素包括人口，消费方式以及收入增加所导致的人们生活方式的改变。本研究在一些主要驱动因素对环境的影响的基础上，对巴基斯坦和中国进行了比较分析。中国是第二大二氧化碳排放国巴基斯坦是世界上第二大经济体，2016年人口为13.7亿，是世界第二大经济体。按名义GDP计算，巴基斯坦排名第40位。这两个国家在55年以上（即1960-2016年）的经济发展中均经历了显着增长。这项研究确定了人口，富裕程度，消费量和排放量是影响环境污染的主要因素，而我们ImPACT方程或I = PACT，用于计算环境影响并确定对环境影响最大的因素。研究表明，过去50年来，中巴两国人民的收入都有所增加，这一增长导致从生活方式的变化，从合适的衣服和优质食品到舒适的生活和增加的能源消耗，从而影响环境。

Effect of lifestyle changes and consumption patterns on environmental impact:a comparison study of Pakistan and China

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