Relationship between urban form and CO2 emissions: Evidence from fifty Japanese cities

Makido, Yasuyo; Dhakal, Shobhakar; Yamagata, Yoshiki

doi:10.1016/j.uclim.2012.10.006

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“…As indicated by Table 6, SHAPE_AM had a significant positive impact on energy consumption, which is consistent with the results of previous studies [42,43]. A compact urban pattern has been suggested to promote sustainable development because of the increased accessibility and reduced travel distance and the regeneration of urban areas [44,45].…”

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“…Therefore, traffic congestion plays a significant role in rising energy consumption. Additionally, Makido et al concluded that the monocentric urban pattern with high density settlements may lead to high energy consumption [43]. Accordingly, the development of polycentric urban patterns can decrease energy consumption.…”

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Investigation of the Impacts of Urban Land Use Patterns on Energy Consumption in China: A Case Study of 20 Provincial Capital Cities

Zhao

Thinh

2017

Sustainability

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Urban land use patterns are increasingly recognized as significant contributors to energy consumption. However, few studies have quantified the impacts of urban land use patterns on energy consumption. In this study, we analyzed the impacts of urban land use patterns on energy consumption for 20 provincial capital cities in China from 2000 to 2010. Landsat data and spatial metrics were first used to quantify the urban land use patterns, and then city-level energy consumption was estimated based on nighttime light (NTL) data and statistical provincial energy consumption data. Finally, a panel data analysis was applied to investigate the impacts of urban land use patterns on energy consumption. Our results showed that NTL data were effective for estimating energy consumption at the city level and indicated that accelerated energy consumption was caused by increases in the irregularity of urban land forms and the expansion of urban land. Moreover, significant regional differences in the impacts of urban land use patterns on energy consumptions were identified. Our results provide insights into the relationship between urban growth and energy consumption and may support effective planning towards sustainable development.

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Investigation of the Impacts of Urban Land Use Patterns on Energy Consumption in China: A Case Study of 20 Provincial Capital Cities

Zhao

Thinh

2017

Sustainability

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“…As indicated by Figure 3, both the absolute amount and density of infrastructure's material stocks have reached a relatively high level in the eastern region, comparing to those in the central and western regions. It has also been confirmed by our panel analysis that the increase of infrastructure stock density will reduce CO 2 emissions in the eastern region, which is consistent with the findings in many existing studies that a spatially compact urban form usually consumes less energy [9,37,38]. Moreover, as shown in Figure 4, in some highly urbanized areas such as Yangtze River Delta (YRD), Pearl River Delta (PRD), and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH), their economic development has reached a high level and thus had a large amount of infrastructure stocks and high stock density.…”

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The Impact of Infrastructure Stock Density on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from China Provinces

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Abstract:Infrastructure not only plays an import role in socioeconomic development, but also results in a remarkable increase of CO 2 emissions. Based on a panel data analysis of 29 provinces in China from 1995 to 2013, we investigated the relationship between socioeconomic development and CO 2 emissions with special focus on the impact of infrastructure stock density in both the country and regional scales. The results confirmed that a 1% increase of material stocks in infrastructure per built-up area would lead to a 0.11% decrease in CO 2 emissions at the country level. The effect of infrastructure stock density on CO 2 emissions varied across regions, for which elasticity was −0.34, 0.06, and 0.14 for the eastern, central, and western region, respectively. In order to achieve a low-carbon and sustainable development, it is crucial to improve the spatial compactness of infrastructure in the future. Policy implications include upgrading the economic structure to a low-carbon one for the eastern region, accelerating the development of renewable energy infrastructure, and constructing and utilizing infrastructure in an energy-efficient way for the central and western regions.

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“…Accordingly, building types and morphology are very significant aspects for the energy efficiency performance of buildings (Okeil, 2010), the electricity used (Wilson, 2013) and greenhouse gas emissions. In their study, Makido et al (2012) demonstrated that compact and tall buildings provide better energy efficiency results on a neighbourhood scale, while detached houses provide worse results.…”

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Sustainability on the urban scale: Proposal of a structure of indicators for the Spanish context

Braulio-Gonzalo

Bovea

Aguilar

2015

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Some efforts to assess sustainability on the urban scale have been made and different tools for measuring the impact on and caused by cities have emerged. However, the sustainability concept varies from region to region, and indicators to measure it should be suitable for the context-specific conditions of the region under study. After doing a comprehensive review of the indicators included in 13 tools developed to assess urban sustainability of cities, this article proposes a new structure of indicators adapted to a Mediterranean city in Spain. The proposed structure is based on a two-level scheme that consists in 14 categories and 63 subcategories, which agglutinate urban sustainability indicators according to their purpose. This structure suggests a set of comprehensible qualitative and quantitative indicators that are easily applicable on neighbourhood or city scales. Given the similar features of Mediterranean countries in terms of environmental and socio-economic aspects, the proposed structure could be extrapolated to other countries with climatic and cultural similarities. Otherwise, the system is a useful tool in the decisionmaking process to help the different stakeholders involved in new urban developments and regeneration projects in existing neighbourhoods, such as developers, urban planners and public administrations.

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Relationship between urban form and CO2 emissions: Evidence from fifty Japanese cities

Cited by 234 publications

References 18 publications

Investigation of the Impacts of Urban Land Use Patterns on Energy Consumption in China: A Case Study of 20 Provincial Capital Cities

Investigation of the Impacts of Urban Land Use Patterns on Energy Consumption in China: A Case Study of 20 Provincial Capital Cities

The Impact of Infrastructure Stock Density on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from China Provinces

Sustainability on the urban scale: Proposal of a structure of indicators for the Spanish context

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