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Regional Disparity of Embedded Carbon Footprint and its Sources in China: A Consumption Perspective

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  • Jin Fan

    (School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Yanrui Wu

    (Business School, University of Western Australia)

  • Xiumei Guo

    (Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University of Technology)

  • Dingtao Zhao

    (Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University of Technology)

  • Dora Marinova

    (Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University of Technology)

Abstract

Carbon emission reduction could be achieved through extensive cooperation between relevant groups such as businesses, governments and consumers. Generally, carbon emissions stem from consumer behavior. To tackle the increasingly serious energy crisis and climate change in China, it is thus vital to control carbon emissions generated by the country’s urban consumers. From a consumption perspective, we utilize a self-organizing feature map (SOFM) model to analyze the spatial differentiation of per capita embedded carbon footprint (ECF) in urban China. We found that the spatial differentiation is significant with the per capita ECF of the east coastal area at a high level and that per capita disposable income is the key factor affecting ECF. Based on these findings, potential business opportunities to develop low-carbon products are discussed.

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  • Jin Fan & Yanrui Wu & Xiumei Guo & Dingtao Zhao & Dora Marinova, 2015. "Regional Disparity of Embedded Carbon Footprint and its Sources in China: A Consumption Perspective," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 15-06, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwa:wpaper:15-06
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