Abstract
This study explores the empirical relationship between city-level urban
forms and CO2 emissions in 104 Chinese prefectural-level cities.
Although the analytical focus is on polycentric urban forms, the
analysis has also accounted for population size and land use
compactness. CO2 emissions data are aggregated from the Fossil Fuel Data
Assimilation System (FFDASv2) data portal. The analysis identifies
substantial economies of scale in CO2 with respect to total population.
Further, despite a substantial wealth effect on CO2 emissions, cities
with more centralized and compact urban forms are associated with lesser
emissions, ceteris paribus. Whereas existing analyses of CO2 emissions
in Chinese cities have often been limited to a handful of provincial
capitals, the analysis covers a larger sample of cities. The paper
concludes with spatial planning policy implications. (C) 2017 American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 04017014 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division, ASCE |
Volume | 143 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- ITC-ISI-JOURNAL-ARTICLE
- n/a OA procedure