Impact of urbanization on energy intensity by adopting a new technique for regional division: evidence from China

Lv, Yulan; Si, Chuanning; Shun-ling, Zhang

doi:10.1007/s11356-018-3412-1

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“…In the case of urbanization, the findings are surprising, showing that higher urbanization is a significant tool to diminish carbon emission. The results contradict the previous findings of Lv et al (2018), Sarwar and Alsaggaf (2019) for the case of China which used traditional econometric techniques. The reason for the negative association is the results of urban reforms, such as green cities, the environment-friendly behavior of urban communities, etc., which helps to reduce the urban-based carbon emissions (Chinadaily, 2017;UBS, 2019;Bloomberg, 2020).…”

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“…There is a deep connection between forest and urbanization; to increase the urban area, it is often essential to remove forests. However, one can assume that urbanization causes a boost to the carbon emissions through the cutting of forests, as well as the higher consumption of energy for daily use (Lv et al, 2018). The higher consumption of energy such as coal and oil triggers the environmental degradation process (Waheed et al, 2018), however, it is essential to incorporate the coal and oil consumption for estimations.…”

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Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

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Chen

2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Research has proved the significance of forests in controlling carbon emissions, however, our research sheds light on the management of existing forests to combat climate change. To examine the role of forestation and forest investment activities, dynamic spatial techniques are used for 30 provinces of China. The results suggest that forest investment and management not only reduce carbon locally but also in neighboring provinces. Furthermore, the findings of the current study confirmed that forest investment is the most viable practice to control carbon emissions in China instead of just increasing total forest area. Reforms regarding the management of forests would be a good policy for both pollution reduction and employment generation.

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Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

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Chen

2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…His finding reported that both the industrialization and urbanization are the leading cause of carbon emission and forest management is useful to overcome the emission. Lv et al (2018) examined the effect of urbanization on the energy intensity in 30 provinces of China from 1990 to 2015. Their results showed that urbanization has a positive and significant association with energy intensity, however, a higher level of urbanization portraits a negative effect on energy intensity.…”

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An Impact Evaluation of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Environmental Degradation

2022

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This study presents an attempt to scrutinize whether the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promotes environmental degradation in BRI countries using panel data of 130 countries during the period 1990 to 2018. For this, we used carbon emission as a proxy variable to estimate environmental degradation. Taking BRI as a quasi-natural experiment this paper used a difference-in-difference approach to estimate the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on environmental degradation. The finding consistently shows that BRI has a significant impact on environmental degradation. Furthermore, economic growth shows a negative correlation with carbon emission and square term of GDP per capita presents that there is no evidence for the existence of the environment Kuznet curve hypothesis, however, this study established a U-shaped association between economic growth and [Formula: see text] emission, whereas, energy consumption and population shows a positive impact on carbon emission and financial development and trade openness reduce the carbon emission and these findings are robust to estimation approaches. The findings imply that BRI demands special attention from the Chinese Government and BRI participating countries to establish a new policy mechanism to enforce the standards globally to protect the carbon emission. The findings also suggest that governments should promote environment-friendly energy consumption and supportive energy infrastructure to tackle the issue of environmental degradation.

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“…Ref. [26] studied the relationship for the case of China and concluded that there is a significant relationship between energy and carbon emissions. Ref.…”

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The Significance of Energy Factors, Green Economic Indicators, Blue Economic Aspects towards Carbon Intensity: A Study of Saudi Vision 2030

Waheed

2022

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The current study explores the nexus between energy factors, blue factors, green factors, and carbon intensity in Saudi Arabia. The non-linear ARDL technique is applied to data from 1991 to 2020. The results suggest that the overall impact of energy factors on carbon emission is insignificant, except the adverse shocks in energy intensity, which increase carbon intensity in the long run. Green factors are also irrelevant for carbon emissions in the post-Vision 2030 period. Nevertheless, blue factors are significant for minimizing carbon intensity for post-Vision 2030. Policymakers should invest in efforts to concentrate on energy and blue factors. Investment in the renewable energy and marine sectors is also essential to cater to carbon-related environmental issues.

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Impact of urbanization on energy intensity by adopting a new technique for regional division: evidence from China

Cited by 29 publications

References 74 publications

Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

Effects of Forestry on Carbon Emissions in China: Evidence From a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model

An Impact Evaluation of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Environmental Degradation

The Significance of Energy Factors, Green Economic Indicators, Blue Economic Aspects towards Carbon Intensity: A Study of Saudi Vision 2030

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