Does urbanization drive economic growth decoupled from energy consumption in China’s logistics?

Energy Consumption and Growth of China’s Logistics Industry: an Empirical Analysis Based on “Growth Drag”

“…Zaman and Shamsuddin (2016) examined the impact of logistics performance indices on national scale economic indicators (namely energy, environment, and economic health) [16]. Liu et al (2020) conducted a study on how urbanization driven decoupled economic growth from China's logistics energy consumption [6]. Reducing the energy consumption in logistics industry is another important aspect of existing studies.…”

“…The growth rate of output is equal to the growth rate of capital (i.e. g Y (t) = g K (t)) under the balanced growth path, thus the formula (5) can be written as follows: (6) Lucas (1988) believed that the growth rate of output per capita can better reflect the level of economic growth [30], so the average output growth rate of labor per unit can be calculated, as follows: (7) Next step, the average output growth rate per unit of labor on the balanced growth path can be calculated, provided that the average energy consumption per unit of labor remains unchanged, as follows: (8) Then, the growth drag of energy consumption is equal to the difference between formula (8) and formula ( 7): (9) The formula (9) shows that the growth drag of energy consumption in logistics industry is positively correlated with the elasticity of energy resource (β), the growth rate of labor and energy consumption (Δl and Δe) and elasticity of capital (α). That is, the energy consumption of logistics industry increase, meanwhile, the growth of logistics industry will be limited (i.e.…”

“…Some scholars noted that China's logistics industry has gradually become a major energy user (e.g. [6]). However, excessive energy consumption in the logistics industry has brought environmental pollution problems.…”

“…on energy consumption [12]. This situation leads to the dilemma between the twin goals of decreasing energy consumption and promoting economic growth in logistics [6]. Therefore, the study on the relationship between the growth of the logistics industry and energy consumption is very necessary to reduce energy consumption and promote the growth of the logistics industry.…”

Can Clean Energy Consumption Promote the Decoupling Between Economic Growth and Environmental Pollution? – Spatial Empirical Analysis Based on China

“…Liu et al (2020) [13] proposed a combined model based on Tapio decoupling model, KAYA identity and LOG-MEAN DIVISIA index, and decomposed the impact of urbanization into four related factors. They used the method of comparative analysis to investigate the similarities and differences of urbanization-related factors that affect the decoupling state of logistics energy consumption and economic growth.…”