Spatial Variations and Determinants of Per Capita Household CO 2 Emissions (PHCEs) in China

Lina Liu, Jiansheng Qu, Afton Clarke-Sather, Tek Narayan Maraseni and Jiaxing Pang
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Lina Liu: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Jiansheng Qu: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Afton Clarke-Sather: Information Center for Global Change Studies, Lanzhou Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
Tek Narayan Maraseni: Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia
Jiaxing Pang: Key Laboratory of Western China’s Environmental Systems, College of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 7, 1-19

Abstract: In China, household CO 2 emissions (HCEs) are increasing due to economic development and accelerated urbanization. This paper details the spatial variations of per capita household CO 2 emissions (PHCEs) in China and the factors impacting PHCEs using spatial statistical analysis and a spatial panel data model for the period from 1997 to 2014. Our results indicate that (1) there has been high provincial variation in rates of change across China, with some provinces’ PHCEs increasing by an order of magnitude from 1997 to 2014; (2) the Global Moran’s I of PHCEs are above 0, and the spatial differences between PHCEs are caused by the High-High cluster and Low-Low cluster in China; (3) a 1% increase of per capita income, education level, and urbanization will result in increases in PHCEs of 0.6990%, 0.0149%, and 0.0044%, respectively, whilst a 1% increase in household size will result in a 0.0496% decrease in PHCEs. There are a large number of factors impacting CO 2 emissions, while there is little specific guidance on the spatial variations and provincial characteristics of CO 2 emissions from the perspective of household consumption.

Keywords: per capita household CO 2 emissions (PHCEs); panel data model; spatial variations; determinants; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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