Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018
This paper evaluates the low-carbon development of 176 Chinese cities in 2018 using the Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System developed by Research Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The evaluation shows an overall improvement of low-carbon development of citie...
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| author | Nan CHEN Guiyang ZHUANG Shouxian ZHU Dong WANG Jue LI |
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| description | This paper evaluates the low-carbon development of 176 Chinese cities in 2018 using the Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System developed by Research Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The evaluation shows an overall improvement of low-carbon development of cities in China, with 10 cities scoring 90 points and above, and 106 cities scoring 80–89 points. From the perspective of city category, the low-carbon development scores present an order as follows: service-oriented [Formula: see text]-prioritized [Formula: see text] cities. Geologically speaking, eastern cites perform best, western cities come second and central cities come last. Of the three batches of low-carbon city pilots, the scores follow the pattern of Batch [Formula: see text] 3. Most cities are characterized by high carbon consumption and reduced efforts in low-carbon management and capital investment. Finally, this paper proposes to attach more importance to low-carbon development and strengthen capacity building for low-carbon governance; intensify efforts for constructing low-carbon pilots in order to help achieve the goal of carbon emission peak during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period; and to improve the Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db84beaccf4c44c88d56c58cb417f5382024-10-03T03:49:56ZengWorld Scientific PublishingChinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies2345-74812345-752X2021-03-01090110.1142/S2345748121500032Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018Nan CHEN0Guiyang ZHUANG1Shouxian ZHU2Dong WANG3Jue LI4Beijing Academy of Social Sciences, No. 33 Beisihuan Zhonglu, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, ChinaResearch Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No. 27 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, ChinaResearch Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, No. 27 Wangfujing Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100010, ChinaResearch Center for Climate Change and Low-Carbon Economy, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, ChinaSchool of Environment, South China Normal University, No. 378 Waihuan West Road, Guangzhou University Town, Guangzhou 510006, ChinaThis paper evaluates the low-carbon development of 176 Chinese cities in 2018 using the Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System developed by Research Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The evaluation shows an overall improvement of low-carbon development of cities in China, with 10 cities scoring 90 points and above, and 106 cities scoring 80–89 points. From the perspective of city category, the low-carbon development scores present an order as follows: service-oriented [Formula: see text]-prioritized [Formula: see text] cities. Geologically speaking, eastern cites perform best, western cities come second and central cities come last. Of the three batches of low-carbon city pilots, the scores follow the pattern of Batch [Formula: see text] 3. Most cities are characterized by high carbon consumption and reduced efforts in low-carbon management and capital investment. Finally, this paper proposes to attach more importance to low-carbon development and strengthen capacity building for low-carbon governance; intensify efforts for constructing low-carbon pilots in order to help achieve the goal of carbon emission peak during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period; and to improve the Low-carbon City Evaluation Indicator System.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2345748121500032Green and low-carbonmulti-dimensional evaluationcity |
| spellingShingle | Nan CHEN Guiyang ZHUANG Shouxian ZHU Dong WANG Jue LI Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018 Chinese Journal of Urban and Environmental Studies Green and low-carbon multi-dimensional evaluation city |
| title | Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018 |
| title_full | Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018 |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018 |
| title_short | Evaluation of Low-Carbon Development of Chinese Cities in 2018 |
| title_sort | evaluation of low carbon development of chinese cities in 2018 |
| topic | Green and low-carbon multi-dimensional evaluation city |
| url | https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S2345748121500032 |
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