Detecting Differences in the Impact of Construction Land Types on Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of Southwest China

Min Wang, Yang Wang, Yingmei Wu, Xiaoli Yue, Mengjiao Wang and Pingping Hu
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Min Wang: Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
Yang Wang: Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
Yingmei Wu: Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
Xiaoli Yue: Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Geospatial Information Technology and Application, Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510070, China
Mengjiao Wang: Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China
Pingping Hu: Faculty of Geography, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650500, China

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 5, 1-16

Abstract: The area with the highest concentration of carbon emission activities is construction land. However, few studies have been conducted that investigated the different effects of various types of construction land on carbon emissions and the extent of their impact. To address this shortcoming, this study constructed a multi-indicator evaluation system with 393 counties in Southwest China and integrated ordinary least squares and spatial regression models to deeply analyze the different impacts of construction land types on carbon emissions. The results revealed that (1) in Southwest China, carbon emissions were generally distributed in clusters, with significant spatial variability and dependence; (2) the distribution of urban land scale, rural settlement land scale, and other construction land scale all showed obvious spatial clustering differences; (3) all three types of construction land’s effect on carbon emissions was positive, and the direction of impact was in line with theoretical expectations; and (4) the other construction land scale had the highest effect on carbon emissions, followed by rural settlement land scale, while the urban land scale was slightly lower. The findings help to further explain the different impacts of construction land types on carbon emissions and provide theoretical references for the government to formulate more refined emissions reduction policies.

Keywords: construction land type; carbon emissions; differences; Southwest China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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