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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.06.001
	A spatial typology of human settlements and their CO2 emissions in England
	Baiocchi G.; Creutzig F.; Minx J.; Pichler P.-P.
发表日期	2015
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	34
英文摘要	Case studies demonstrate that urban greenhouse gas emissions are driven by socio-economic, climatic and urban-form specific characteristics. But neither the interdependence between attributes nor their place-specific context has been well understood. In this paper, we develop a nested typology of human settlements in England, containing both urban and rural environments, that is based on local drivers of emissions from direct energy use in nearly 7000 local areas. We reject the standard hypothesis that settlements obey a global linear model explaining emissions. The emissions of human settlement types are characterized by unique, place-specific combinations of emission drivers. We find that density and income are dominant classifiers of local carbon dioxide emissions. However, their specific impacts are particular to human settlement types as characterized by the place-specific combination of income, household size, and local climate, which are themselves spatially contextualized. Our typology strongly correlates with the geographic distribution of lifestyles. Average household carbon dioxide emissions are highest for very high income households (top 3%) living in low-density settlement areas with large houses, mostly concentrated in outer suburbs. Our results provide a first step towards enabling decision makers to go beyond one-size-fits-all approaches but instead to apply appropriate and specific mitigating measures for each type of human settlement. In turn, successful strategies could be transferred between similar types of human settlements. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	GHG emissions; Human settlement; Mitigation; Typology
学科领域	carbon dioxide; carbon emission; decision making; energy use; geographical distribution; greenhouse gas; human settlement; hypothesis testing; income distribution; lifestyle; mitigation; socioeconomic impact; spatial analysis; suburban area; typology; England; United Kingdom
语种	英语
scopus关键词	carbon dioxide; carbon emission; decision making; energy use; geographical distribution; greenhouse gas; human settlement; hypothesis testing; income distribution; lifestyle; mitigation; socioeconomic impact; spatial analysis; suburban area; typology; England; United Kingdom
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117493
作者单位	Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, United States; Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany; Technische Universtität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany; Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Baiocchi G.,Creutzig F.,Minx J.,et al. A spatial typology of human settlements and their CO2 emissions in England[J],2015,34.
APA	Baiocchi G.,Creutzig F.,Minx J.,&Pichler P.-P..(2015).A spatial typology of human settlements and their CO2 emissions in England.Global Environmental Change,34.
MLA	Baiocchi G.,et al."A spatial typology of human settlements and their CO2 emissions in England".Global Environmental Change 34(2015).