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The Impact of Infrastructure Stock Density on CO 2 Emissions: Evidence from China Provinces

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  • Ji Han

    (Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Dongchuan Rd. 500, Shanghai 200241, China)

  • Xing Meng

    (School of Geographical Sciences, East China Normal University, Dongchuan Rd. 500, Shanghai 200241, China)

  • Yanqi Zhang

    (Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Dongchuan Rd. 500, Shanghai 200241, China)

  • Jiabin Liu

    (Shanghai Key Laboratory for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, East China Normal University, Dongchuan Rd. 500, Shanghai 200241, China)

Abstract

Infrastructure not only plays an import role in socioeconomic development, but also results in a remarkable increase of CO 2 emissions. Based on a panel data analysis of 29 provinces in China from 1995 to 2013, we investigated the relationship between socioeconomic development and CO 2 emissions with special focus on the impact of infrastructure stock density in both the country and regional scales. The results confirmed that a 1% increase of material stocks in infrastructure per built-up area would lead to a 0.11% decrease in CO 2 emissions at the country level. The effect of infrastructure stock density on CO 2 emissions varied across regions, for which elasticity was −0.34, 0.06, and 0.14 for the eastern, central, and western region, respectively. In order to achieve a low-carbon and sustainable development, it is crucial to improve the spatial compactness of infrastructure in the future. Policy implications include upgrading the economic structure to a low-carbon one for the eastern region, accelerating the development of renewable energy infrastructure, and constructing and utilizing infrastructure in an energy-efficient way for the central and western regions.

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  • Ji Han & Xing Meng & Yanqi Zhang & Jiabin Liu, 2017. "The Impact of Infrastructure Stock Density on CO 2 Emissions: Evidence from China Provinces," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-13, December.
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