Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows”
As the largest carbon emitter in the world, China is facing increasing challenge to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Given this issue, exploring the influencing factors is of great significance for scientific low-carbon emission policymaking. Although previous literature has explored the...
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| author | Yabo Zhao Ruiyang Chen Tong Sun Ying Yang Shifa Ma Dixiang Xie Xiwen Zhang Yunnan Cai |
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| description | As the largest carbon emitter in the world, China is facing increasing challenge to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Given this issue, exploring the influencing factors is of great significance for scientific low-carbon emission policymaking. Although previous literature has explored the effects of urbanization on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, the impact of the space of flow on urban carbon emissions have been less explored. Due to the increasing connection between cities, its impact on urban carbon emissions cannot be ignored. Thus, this paper takes the space of flows into account as an aspect of urbanization to supplement the existing literature and empirically examines the multiple effects of urbanization on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) urban agglomeration. By using a STIRPAT model, statistical data, and web crawler data, we examined impacts of different types of urbanization on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Our empirical results show that: (1) Within the PRD urban agglomeration, urban linkage intensity is strongly connected to urban socioeconomic growth, establishing a geographical structure with Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the double core. (2) Our results show that urbanization exerts two opposite effects on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions: positively connects carbon emissions with population urbanization, integrated urban linkage flow, and energy intensity, whereas economic urbanization and social urbanization are shown to be negatively correlated. However, spatial urbanization has no significant positive effect on urban CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. (3) It is worth noting that urban linkage flows are the second most important factor affecting urban carbon emissions after economic urbanization. Our study could formulate effective planning suggestions for future CO<sub>2</sub> emission reduction paths and development modes in the PRD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-656b09a2c4b44e6cbf7bf97d62b918572023-12-03T13:58:15ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-08-01118137310.3390/land11081373Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows”Yabo Zhao0Ruiyang Chen1Tong Sun2Ying Yang3Shifa Ma4Dixiang Xie5Xiwen Zhang6Yunnan Cai7Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen 518034, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, ChinaData Management Center of Planning and Natural Resources of Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518034, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Urban Planning, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510090, ChinaAs the largest carbon emitter in the world, China is facing increasing challenge to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Given this issue, exploring the influencing factors is of great significance for scientific low-carbon emission policymaking. Although previous literature has explored the effects of urbanization on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, the impact of the space of flow on urban carbon emissions have been less explored. Due to the increasing connection between cities, its impact on urban carbon emissions cannot be ignored. Thus, this paper takes the space of flows into account as an aspect of urbanization to supplement the existing literature and empirically examines the multiple effects of urbanization on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) urban agglomeration. By using a STIRPAT model, statistical data, and web crawler data, we examined impacts of different types of urbanization on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Our empirical results show that: (1) Within the PRD urban agglomeration, urban linkage intensity is strongly connected to urban socioeconomic growth, establishing a geographical structure with Guangzhou and Shenzhen as the double core. (2) Our results show that urbanization exerts two opposite effects on CO<sub>2</sub> emissions: positively connects carbon emissions with population urbanization, integrated urban linkage flow, and energy intensity, whereas economic urbanization and social urbanization are shown to be negatively correlated. However, spatial urbanization has no significant positive effect on urban CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. (3) It is worth noting that urban linkage flows are the second most important factor affecting urban carbon emissions after economic urbanization. Our study could formulate effective planning suggestions for future CO<sub>2</sub> emission reduction paths and development modes in the PRD.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/8/1373space of flowsurbanizationcarbon emissionsspatial economic modelsPearl River Delta urban agglomeration |
| spellingShingle | Yabo Zhao Ruiyang Chen Tong Sun Ying Yang Shifa Ma Dixiang Xie Xiwen Zhang Yunnan Cai Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows” Land space of flows urbanization carbon emissions spatial economic models Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration |
| title | Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows” |
| title_full | Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows” |
| title_fullStr | Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows” |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows” |
| title_short | Urbanization Influences CO<sub>2</sub> Emissions in the Pearl River Delta: A Perspective of the “Space of Flows” |
| title_sort | urbanization influences co sub 2 sub emissions in the pearl river delta a perspective of the space of flows |
| topic | space of flows urbanization carbon emissions spatial economic models Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/8/1373 |
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