An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration
Urbanization is an important factor in the growth of carbon emissions, as the city is a dense area of carbon emissions. This paper estimates the carbon emissions at the provincial, municipal, and county spatial scales in the Yangtze River Delta region during 2008–2015. On this basis, this...
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| author | Feng Wang Mengnan Gao Juan Liu Yuhui Qin Ge Wang Wenna Fan Luxue Ji |
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| description | Urbanization is an important factor in the growth of carbon emissions, as the city is a dense area of carbon emissions. This paper estimates the carbon emissions at the provincial, municipal, and county spatial scales in the Yangtze River Delta region during 2008–2015. On this basis, this paper makes a comprehensive analysis of the pathway and difference of the urbanization to the carbon emission by using the scale variance decomposition method, the space correlation analysis method, the mediation effect test method, and the space panel data model. The results show that the urbanization of the Yangtze River Delta has a significant positive impact on carbon emissions; The pathway from urbanization to industrial structure has a significant impact on carbon emissions. Although the pathway from industrial structure to urbanization to carbon emissions is insignificant, the industrial structure directly affects carbon emissions. There is a significant path from urbanization to the level of economic development to carbon emissions, but there is no mechanism for the economic development level to adversely affect the level of urbanization and thus affect carbon emissions; the chain action pathway from the urbanization level to the employment level to the economic development level to carbon emissions is not significant. Finally, based on the research conclusions, the corresponding policy recommendations are submitted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a087bcec4bda4eb98342ced434b0c7d62022-12-21T18:15:02ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172019-03-0196111610.3390/app9061116app9061116An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban AgglomerationFeng Wang0Mengnan Gao1Juan Liu2Yuhui Qin3Ge Wang4Wenna Fan5Luxue Ji6School of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaSchool of Management, China University of Mining and Technology, No. 1, College Rd., Tongshan Dist., Xuzhou 221116, ChinaUrbanization is an important factor in the growth of carbon emissions, as the city is a dense area of carbon emissions. This paper estimates the carbon emissions at the provincial, municipal, and county spatial scales in the Yangtze River Delta region during 2008–2015. On this basis, this paper makes a comprehensive analysis of the pathway and difference of the urbanization to the carbon emission by using the scale variance decomposition method, the space correlation analysis method, the mediation effect test method, and the space panel data model. The results show that the urbanization of the Yangtze River Delta has a significant positive impact on carbon emissions; The pathway from urbanization to industrial structure has a significant impact on carbon emissions. Although the pathway from industrial structure to urbanization to carbon emissions is insignificant, the industrial structure directly affects carbon emissions. There is a significant path from urbanization to the level of economic development to carbon emissions, but there is no mechanism for the economic development level to adversely affect the level of urbanization and thus affect carbon emissions; the chain action pathway from the urbanization level to the employment level to the economic development level to carbon emissions is not significant. Finally, based on the research conclusions, the corresponding policy recommendations are submitted.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/6/1116urbanizationcarbon emissionsmediation effectspatial panel data modelscale effect |
| spellingShingle | Feng Wang Mengnan Gao Juan Liu Yuhui Qin Ge Wang Wenna Fan Luxue Ji An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration Applied Sciences urbanization carbon emissions mediation effect spatial panel data model scale effect |
| title | An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration |
| title_full | An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration |
| title_fullStr | An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration |
| title_short | An Empirical Study on the Impact Path of Urbanization to Carbon Emissions in the China Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration |
| title_sort | empirical study on the impact path of urbanization to carbon emissions in the china yangtze river delta urban agglomeration |
| topic | urbanization carbon emissions mediation effect spatial panel data model scale effect |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/6/1116 |
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