『Abstract
As urbanization accelerates, urban areas play a leading role
in energy consumption and CO2 emissions in
China. The existing research is extensively concerned with the
relationships between urbanization, energy consumption and CO2 emissions in recent years, but little attention
has been paid to the regional differences. This paper us an analysis
of the impact of urbanization on energy consumption and CO2 emissions at the national and regional levels
using the STIRPAT model and provincial panel data from 1995 to
2010 in China. The results showed that urbanization increases
energy consumption and CO2 emissions in China.
The effects of urbanization on energy consumption vary across
regions and decline continuously from the western region to the
central and eastern regions. The impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in the central region is greater than
that in the eastern region. The impact of urbanization on energy
consumption is greater than the impact on CO2
emissions in the eastern region. And some evidences support the
argument of compact city theory. These results not only contribute
to advancing the existing literature, but also merit particular
attention from policy makers and urban planners in China.
Keywords: Urbanization; Energy consumption; CO2
emissions』
1. Introduction
2. Literature review
3. Methodology
4. Data source and description
4.1. Data source
4.2. Data description
5. Empirical results
5.1. The empirical result of relationship between urbanization
and energy consumption
5.2. The empirical analysis of relationship between urbanization
and CO2 emissions
6. Discussions
7. Conclusions and policy implications
Acknowledgments
Appendix
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