Effect of Construction Land Expansion on Energy-Related Carbon Emissions: Empirical Analysis of China and Its Provinces from 2001 to 2011

Xuankai Deng, Yanhua Yu and Yanfang Liu
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Xuankai Deng: School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Yanhua Yu: Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
Yanfang Liu: School of Resource and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China

Energies, 2015, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: Construction land expansion significantly affects energy-related carbon emissions. This paper analyzed the effect of construction land expansion on energy-related carbon emissions in China and its provinces from 2001 to 2011 by using the logarithmic mean Divisia index method. We divided the study into two intervals (2001–2006 and 2006–2011) and categorized the 30 provinces of China into eight zones. Results indicated that construction land expansion exerted the second largest positive effect on carbon emission growth in China and in the 30 provinces from 2001 to 2011. The north, east, and south coastal regions as well as the middle Yellow River region, were the highly affected regions in the same period. Between the two study intervals, the effect of construction land expansion on carbon emissions decreased in China and in the coastal regions, but increased in inland regions. The Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, Chongqing, Ningxia, and Xinjiang provinces, which are concentrated in the north, east, and south coastal regions, were selected for the reduction of carbon emissions by controlling construction land expansion.

Keywords: construction land expansion; energy-related carbon emissions; logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition method; regional differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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