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DOI	10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.113384
	CO2 emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta
	Xiao H.; Duan Z.; Zhou Y.; Zhang N.; Shan Y.; Lin X.; Liu G.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	3062619
卷号	251
英文摘要	The implementation of CO2 emission mitigation policies in cities is the key to China achieving its national emission mitigation targets. China is experiencing rapid urbanization and facing huge inequality in regional development and then shrinking cities generate. This study, for the first time, discusses long-term CO2 emission patterns of shrinking cities with comparisons of growing cities. 55 cities in Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta are selected as cases. We first categorize these cities into three groups of shrinking cities and three groups of growing cities with a population index. Each group's emission patterns in terms of energy, employment and industry structures are then examined. We find that CO2 emissions in the rapidly shrinking group presented a continuously increasing trend, while the other five groups reached their emission peaks in 2011–2013. For slightly and moderately shrinking groups, CO2 emission mitigation was a positive sign but occurred with the decline of secondary industry, especially for resource-based or heavy manufacturing cities, such as Daqing and Anshan in Northeast China. In the case of three types of growing cities, cities were capable of mitigating CO2 emissions and maintaining economic growth. The slightly growing group was the optimal type among these six groups. Its CO2 emissions experienced a decline with an annual rate of −1.47% during 2013–2015, while the economy still soared (increased by 7.27% annually). New economic growth points should be fostered to mitigate further shrinkage and achieve sustainable development for shrinking cities. The cities’ categorization rules, research thinking, and results offered in this study could provide a reference for other cities or developing countries at similar industrialization/urbanization phases to abbreviate their path towards a low-carbon economy. The Authors
英文关键词	China; CO2 emissions; Growing city; Population; Shrinking city; Urbanization
scopus关键词	Carbon dioxide; Developing countries; Regional planning; China; CO2 emissions; Population; Shrinking city; Urbanization; Industrial economics; carbon emission; developing world; economic growth; environmental economics; manufacturing; population growth; regional development; sustainable development; urban growth; urban population; urbanization; China; Yangtze River
来源期刊	Applied Energy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/176332
作者单位	Institute of Resource, Environment and Sustainable Development Research, College of Economics, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510632, China; College of New Energy and Environment, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 130012, China; Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China; School of Management, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510520, China; Energy and Sustainability Research Institute Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9747 AG, Netherlands; China Science and Technology Exchange Center, Beijing, 100045, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xiao H.,Duan Z.,Zhou Y.,et al. CO2 emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta[J],2019,251.
APA	Xiao H..,Duan Z..,Zhou Y..,Zhang N..,Shan Y..,...&Liu G..(2019).CO2 emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta.Applied Energy,251.
MLA	Xiao H.,et al."CO2 emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta".Applied Energy 251(2019).