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Decoupling Elasticity and Influencing Factors of Industrial Carbon Emissions in Hangzhou City, China

In: Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

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  • Yu Sun

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Sheng Zheng

    (Zhejiang University)

  • Yuzhe Wu

    (Zhejiang University)

Abstract

As one of the earliest cities to step into the period of industrial developed in China, Hangzhou inevitably develops industrial economy at the cost of energy consumption. Industry sector is the major green-house gas emitter and most rapidly growing energy consuming sector. Identifying the decoupling relationship as well as the driving forces behind carbon emission is a prerequisite for achieving sustainable development. This study calculates carbon emissions based on energy consumption from industrial enterprises in Hangzhou for the periods 1998–2017, and uses Tapio decoupling elastic model to analyze the decoupling relationship between carbon emissions from industry sector and industrial economic growth in Hangzhou City, China. Then, the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) decomposition method has been used to decompose the driving factors of carbon emission from Hangzhou’s industrial enterprises. The results indicate that: (1) Overall, Hangzhou’s industrial decoupling state shows a trend from weak decoupling to strong decoupling in the study period. (2) Labor productivity (LP) and industry structure (IS) play positive roles in increasing industrial carbon emissions in Hangzhou, while the effect of energy intensity (EI) always plays a negative role. The industrial scale (P) effect shows a fluctuating trend, and the impact of the energy structure (ES) on carbon emissions has turned to be negative in recent years. These decomposed factors will greatly help to understand the internal mechanism between carbon emission and economic growth, and provide strategies for the future development of low-carbon industrial economy in Hangzhou City, China.

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  • Yu Sun & Sheng Zheng & Yuzhe Wu, 2021. "Decoupling Elasticity and Influencing Factors of Industrial Carbon Emissions in Hangzhou City, China," Springer Books, in: Gui Ye & Hongping Yuan & Jian Zuo (ed.), Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, pages 41-54, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-8892-1_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8892-1_4
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