The Impact of Urban Sprawl on Carbon Emissions from the Perspective of Nighttime Light Remote Sensing: A Case Study in Eastern China

Ling Zhang, Jiawei Zhang, Xiaohui Li, Kaidi Zhou and Jiang Ye ()
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Ling Zhang: College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Jiawei Zhang: College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Xiaohui Li: College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Kaidi Zhou: College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Jiang Ye: College of Earth Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-19

Abstract: This paper collects the nighttime light data and six control variables of 77 cities in the eastern China region from 2000 to 2020 and analyzes the spatio-temporal changes of urban sprawl and carbon emissions in the eastern China region. Using the baseline regression model, the correlation and influencing factors between urban sprawl and carbon emissions are explored. The results show that although the impact of urban sprawl on carbon emissions in the eastern China region is positive, it is the result of a trade-off of various factors. Different factors have different impacts on carbon emissions, and urban expansion of different city sizes also has different impacts on carbon emissions in the eastern China region. This paper uses nighttime light data to measure the urban sprawl index more finely, directly explores its impact on carbon emissions from the perspective of urban sprawl and conducts an in-depth analysis of multiple external factors and different city types, providing references for decision-makers to construct sustainable low-carbon city development models and low-carbon city planning systems from different dimensions.

Keywords: nighttime light data; urban sprawl; carbon emission; East China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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