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eISSN: 2581-9615 || CODEN: WJARAI || Impact Factor 8.2 ||  CrossRef DOI

Research and review articles are invited for publication in March 2026 (Volume 29, Issue 3) Submit manuscript

Impact of urbanization size and deforestation environmental degradation on economic growth in Nigeria

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Adaora Rose Okafor 1, *, Ogbonna Samuel Onyeisi 2 and Godson Okoro Ogbuagu 2

1 Department of Business Administration and Management, Federal School of Statistics, Amaechi Ulor Enugu State Nigeria.
2 Department of Economics. Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu, Nigeria.
 
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World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(03), 608-620
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1877
DOI url: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1877
 
Received on 05 August 2023; revised on 12 September 2023; accepted on 14 September 2023
 
The study examined the impact of urbanization size and deforestation environmental degradation on economic growth in Nigeria. Specifically, the study sought to: determine the impact of urban population size environmental degradation on the economic growth in Nigeria and ascertain the impact of deforestation environmental degradation on the economic growth in Nigeria. This study made use of ex post-facto research design. The method of data analysis was Autoregressive distributive Lag model. The data of the study were real gross domestic product (RGDP), total deforestation (FOREST), urban population size (UPS), non-renewable energy consumption carbon emission (NREC), industrial sector carbon emission (ISC), electricity generation carbon emission (EGC) and were sourced from on-line World Bank Data indicators over the period of 1991 to 2022. The empirical results show that: urban population size environmental degradation has 22% negative and insignificant impact on economic growth in short run (Probability value of 0.7660 > 0.05) and deforestation environmental degradation has 49 % positive and insignificant impact on economic growth in short run (Probability value of 0.7660 > 0.05). The study government should provide farmers with farm inputs and extension services to educate rural peasant farmers on latest local techniques for maximum output. Farmers should engage in bush fallowing to allow unfertile land to regenerate after some reasonable number of years before putting the land into use. 
 
Urbanization size; Deforestation; Environmental Degradation; Economic Growth
 
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Adaora Rose Okafor, Ogbonna Samuel Onyeisi and Godson Okoro Ogbuagu. Impact of urbanization size and deforestation environmental degradation on economic growth in Nigeria. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 19(3), 608-620. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2023.19.3.1877

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