Economic Structure Transformation and Low-Carbon Development in Energy-Rich Cities: The Case of the Contiguous Area of Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China

doi:10.3390/su12051875

	Economic Structure Transformation and Low-Carbon Development in Energy-Rich Cities: The Case of the Contiguous Area of Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China
	Zhang, Hongli 1,2; Shen, Lei 1,2,3; Zhong, Shuai 1,2,3; Elshkaki, Ayman 1,2,3
刊名	SUSTAINABILITY
	2020-03-01
卷号	12 期号:5 页码:14
关键词	CO2 emissions economic structure structural decomposition analysis energy-rich cities
DOI	10.3390/su12051875
通讯作者	Zhong, Shuai(zhongshuai@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Energy-rich cities tend to rely on resource-based industries for economic growth, which leads to a great challenge for its low-carbon and sustainable economic development. The contiguous area of Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (SSIM) is one of the most important national energy bases in China. Its development pattern, dominated by the coal industry, has led to increasingly prominent structural problems along with difficult low-carbon transition. Taking energy-rich cities in the contiguous area of SSIM as examples, this study analyzes the main drivers of CO2 emissions and explores the role of economic structure transformation in carbon emission reduction during 2002-2012 based on structural decomposition analysis (SDA). The results show that CO2 emissions increase significantly with the coal industry expansion in energy-rich cities. Economic growth and structure are the main drivers of CO2 emission increments. An energy structure dominated by coal and improper product allocation structure can also cause CO2 emission increases. Energy consumption intensity is the main factor curbing CO2 emission growth in energy-rich cities. The decline of agriculture and services contributes to carbon emission reduction, while the expansion of mining and primary energy processing industries has far greater effects on CO2 emission growth. Finally, we propose that energy-rich cities must make more efforts to transform energy-driven economic growth patterns, cultivate new pillar industries by developing high-end manufacturing, improve energy efficiency through more investment in key technologies and the market-oriented reform of energy pricing and develop natural gas and renewable energy to accelerate low-carbon transition.
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFA0602802] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDA19040102] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41771566] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[71633006]
WOS关键词	INDUSTRIAL-STRUCTURE CHANGE ; CO2 EMISSIONS GROWTH ; DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ; DRIVING FORCES ; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS ; DRIVERS ; CITY ; CONSUMPTION ; REDUCTION ; LOCATION
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
语种	英语
出版者	MDPI
WOS记录号	WOS:000522470900176
资助机构	National Key Research and Development Program of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/133705]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Zhong, Shuai
作者单位	1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Coll Resources & Environm, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 3.Minist Nat Resources Peoples Republ China, Key Lab Carrying Capac Assessment Resource & Envi, Beijing 101149, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Hongli,Shen, Lei,Zhong, Shuai,et al. Economic Structure Transformation and Low-Carbon Development in Energy-Rich Cities: The Case of the Contiguous Area of Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China[J]. SUSTAINABILITY,2020,12(5):14.
APA	Zhang, Hongli,Shen, Lei,Zhong, Shuai,&Elshkaki, Ayman.(2020).Economic Structure Transformation and Low-Carbon Development in Energy-Rich Cities: The Case of the Contiguous Area of Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.SUSTAINABILITY,12(5),14.
MLA	Zhang, Hongli,et al."Economic Structure Transformation and Low-Carbon Development in Energy-Rich Cities: The Case of the Contiguous Area of Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces, and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China".SUSTAINABILITY 12.5(2020):14.