Spatiotemporal patterns and driving mechanism of carbon emissions in China's urban residential building sector

Huadun Chen, Qianxi Du, Tengfei Huo, Peiran Liu, Weiguang Cai and Bingsheng Liu

Energy, 2023, vol. 263, issue PE

Abstract: Revealing the regional differences and drivers of provincial urban residential building sector carbon emissions (URBCE) is critical for regional collaborative emission reduction in achieving the “Dural carbon” targets. This study tries to innovatively construct a framework for the exploration of the spatiotemporal patterns and driving mechanism of Chinese URBCE in 30 provinces during 2000–2019, combining kernel density estimation, spatial autocorrelation analysis and temporal-spatial LMDI model. Results indicate that: (1) A vast majority of regions have undergone a sharp growth in URBCE, with the regional gap of URBCE gradually widening. (2) Besides, the spatial pattern of regional URBCE is basically stable, with High-High distributed in the Northeast and North China, and Low-Low concentrated in the Southwest. (3) Urban residential building floor space per capita, population, and urbanization are promotive driving forces, while carbon intensity and energy intensity are increasingly inhibiting. This study can provide policymakers a better understanding of URBCE and help them develop regionally-specific emission reduction strategies. Additionally, it offers fresh perspective on how to research the spatiotemporal disparities of carbon emissions in other sectors and nations, and could be of international significance.

Keywords: Urban residential building sector; Carbon emissions; Temporal-spatial LMDI analysis Model; Spatiotemporal pattern; Driving forces (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.126102

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