2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.07.019
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Exploring socioeconomic drivers of environmental pressure on the city level: The case study of Chongqing in China

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“…In general, the growth of the economy and total population will increase environmental pressure, whereas technological improvements will reduce it (Geng et al, 2014;Yu et al, 2015). In this study, the increase in the agricultural economic level (equal to per rural population gross agricultural production) was the most significant driving force for the increasing CF in Guangdong's crop production system during 1993e2013.…”
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confidence: 95%
“…In general, the growth of the economy and total population will increase environmental pressure, whereas technological improvements will reduce it (Geng et al, 2014;Yu et al, 2015). In this study, the increase in the agricultural economic level (equal to per rural population gross agricultural production) was the most significant driving force for the increasing CF in Guangdong's crop production system during 1993e2013.…”
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confidence: 95%
“…Previous research, e.g., (Yu et al, 2015), demonstrate that trade-offs in reducing EPs exist in the production structure change for Chongqing during 2000-2010. Our study advances previous 399 research in the avenue through the following three aspects.…”
Section: Co-benefits and Trade-offs Among Epsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To achieve these targets, the local Chongqing government had adopted a set of measures, such as implementing the regulations of industrial structure adjustment and cleaner production set by the central government of China. As a result, significant investments were made on upgrading traditional manufacturing processes and eliminating out-dated technologies (Yu et al, 2015). These investments significantly contributed to improvements in the driving force of decoupling especially for technological change, whereby the energy intensity of major energy-extensive industrial sectors had been significantly reduced.…”
Section: Difference Of Decoupling Level During Different Periodmentioning
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“…The city of Chongqing was evaluated in this study based on its many advantages relevant to this research. Firstly, as a mega city with the most populous Chinese municipality, Chongqing has experienced rapid and significant changes in both its economic development and environmental pressures (Yu et al, 2015). Therefore, the city of Chongqing provides an important case study in examining the decoupling of environmental 93…”
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