The Impacts of Urbanization on Carbon Emission Performance: New Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, China

Wenyi Qiao, Yike Xie (), Jun Liu () and Xianjin Huang
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Wenyi Qiao: School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
Yike Xie: Office of Party and Government Affairs, Zhenjiang College, Zhenjiang 212028, China
Jun Liu: School of Humanities, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu 241000, China
Xianjin Huang: School of Geographical Sciences, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044, China

Land, 2024, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: Regarding the carbon emission performance of urbanization, the changes in carbon emissions and carbon sinks have attracted particular attention, while the internal impact mechanism has been under-researched. Conventionally, urbanization has either improved or hindered carbon performance. However, this is not always the case as the paths of urbanization affecting carbon emission performance are diverse. Hence, this paper proposes a theoretical framework to investigate how urbanization influences carbon emission performance, specifically the indirect effects of land development/land-use efficiency, by taking the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration, China, as a study case. Empirical results show that urbanization improves carbon emission performance due to the agglomeration effect. As an intermediary pathway, land-use change has a two-sided impact on carbon emission performance. Urbanization can both worsen and improve carbon emission performance through increasing land-development intensity and promoting land-use efficiency, respectively. However, the positive impact of land-use efficiency can alleviate the problem of increasing carbon emissions caused by land over-development. Hence, the integration of urban planning strategies with land use management policies can help to achieve sustainable urbanization.

Keywords: urbanization; carbon emission performance; impact mechanism; land-use change; Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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