CAN LIFE QUALITY DIMENSIONS ALTER ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF ASEAN COUNTRIES? ROLE OF PER CAPITA INCOME, HAPPINESS AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The role of people or humans is critical for the environment as the various activities by the humans might impact the environment in one way or the other because of pollution and other wastes. The life quality of humans is an important aspect related to this aspect and this is the reason why the researcher has planned this study. The major objective of the study is to find out how the three dimensions of life quality i.e. per capita income, happiness and human development impact the ecological footprint in ASEAN countries. To achieve these objectives, the researcher has collected data about the life quality dimensions and the ecological footprint from the ASEAN countries and the data comprises of 30 years in total. As the researcher intends to provide accurate and authentic results for the literature, the gathered data has come from the most authentic data sources which include World Bank Development Indicators and Global Economy. The results obtained by the analysis of the collected data indicates that the impact of all the independent variables of the study i.e. per capita income, happiness and human development have significant impact on ecological footprint.