Urban form, shrinking cities, and residential carbon emissions: Evidence from Chinese city-regions

Liu, Xingjian; Wang, Mingshu; Qiang, Wei; Wu, Kang; Wang, Xiaomi

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114409

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“…Meijers and Burger, 2010 in the United States, Wang et al., 2019; Zhang et al., 2017 in China) and environmental consequences (e.g. Burgalassi and Luzzati, 2015; Veneri, 2010 in Europe, Liu et al., 2020; Wang et al., 2017 in China), where the agglomeration economies are better achieved in a more balanced urban system (i.e. a more polycentric urban structure) rather than a hierarchical urban system (i.e.…”

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Polycentric urban development and urban amenities: Evidence from Chinese cities

Wang

2020

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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The recent literature on the “consumer city” and the “love of variety” argues that the provision of urban amenities makes a city more attractive. Meanwhile, polycentric urban development has been highlighted by academics and policymakers as a sustainable urban development regime, although its purported benefits need to be further investigated. Against this background, this paper empirically examines the relationship between polycentricity and the provision of urban amenities in 309 Chinese cities. After controlling for the size, population density, wage, and human capital, this paper finds that a higher degree of intra-urban polycentricity is associated with a larger number of urban amenities. Additionally, when all the covariates above are held, a higher degree of intra-urban polycentricity is associated with a greater diversity of urban amenities. Robust checks show that these findings are consistent with different polycentricity indices and diversity measures. Finally, possible explanations of the relationship between intra-urban polycentricity and urban amenities are provided from both the producer and consumer perspectives.

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Polycentric urban development and urban amenities: Evidence from Chinese cities

Wang

2020

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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“…The lack of data does not allow us to isolate cities with a revitalization dynamic without taking the risk of capturing other effects specific to these cities. A study in China, where there are many shrinking cities and growth dynamics [24], would enable us to compare the effects on mobility according to the city's dynamics.…”

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“…In China, it has been found that shrinking cities have difficulty reducing their CO 2 emissions compared to cities that continue to grow, largely due to the fact that the remaining industries are the most polluting [23]. Focusing on carbon emissions from residences and travel, a study shows that Chinese shrinking cities tend to reduce their efficiency compared to other cities [24]. Interaction effects highlight the complexity of the relationship between the economy, carbon emissions and shrinkage.…”

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Does Revitalizing the Center of Mid-Sized French Cities Reduce GHG Emissions from Commuting?

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2021

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Mid-sized cities are usually considered in the literature to be shrinking cities. Some policies promote right-sizing and others promote revitalization. The relationship between land-use planning and mobility having been established, the present research issue is focused on whether a policy of revitalizing the centers of mid-sized cities is favorable to low-carbon mobility. Our study investigates commuting trips through two indicators: commuting trip distance and car modal share. The increase in total population, the increase in the number of jobs per resident, the decrease in the unemployment rate, the increase in the rate of executives, the increase in the rate of working people in the population and the decrease in the residential vacancy rate all come from the censuses of 2006 and 2016. Statistical models based on individuals in 113 mid-sized cities, in which sociodemographic variables are introduced, show that at the level of agglomerations, no indicator has a simultaneously positive effect in the center and in the urban periphery. No indicator is entirely positive or negative on GHG emissions from commuting trips. While the increase in GHG emissions from commuting trips between 2006 and 2016 is significant in mid-sized cities (18%), a shift toward shrinking city centers is insufficient to change this trajectory.

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“…To realize the sustainable provision of ecosystem services, it is necessary to balance socioeconomic development and ecological protection. The compact pattern has been recognized as a sustainable development pattern with social and ecological strengths (Mouratidis 2019 ; Liu et al 2020 ). The negative impacts of urban sprawl can be reduced through the intensive use of current urban land resources.…”

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Investigating spatiotemporal dynamics and trade-off/synergy of multiple ecosystem services in response to land cover change: a case study of Nanjing city, China

Zhao

2020

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Investigating the spatiotemporal trends and trade-off/synergy relationships among ecosystem services can provide effective support for urban planning and decision making toward sustainable development. With Nanjing city in China as a case study, this study assessed the spatiotemporal dynamics of six key ecosystem services from 2005 to 2030. Integration of Markov-cellular automata and ecosystem services models was realized to analyze the potential impacts of future urbanization on ecosystem services by simulating business-as-usual (BAU), cropland protection (CP), and ecological restoration (ER) scenarios. Furthermore, an innovative trade-off/synergy degree was developed to quantify the magnitude of the complex relationship among the multiple ecosystem services under the different scenarios. Due to the rapid expansion of built-up land, carbon storage, habitat quality, and air purification decreased 2.92%, 5.80%, and 7.91%, respectively. The CP scenario exhibited the highest crop production values, and the ER scenario was a better urban development strategy that enhanced the regulating ecosystem services at the expense of crop production. To promote urban ecosystem services and minimize trade-offs, we proposed certain future urban development strategies, including ecological corridor construction and compact development. The study could provide a scientific reference for the effective ecosystem management of Nanjing and other rapidly urbanized regions.

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Urban form, shrinking cities, and residential carbon emissions: Evidence from Chinese city-regions

Cited by 87 publications

References 58 publications

Polycentric urban development and urban amenities: Evidence from Chinese cities

Polycentric urban development and urban amenities: Evidence from Chinese cities

Does Revitalizing the Center of Mid-Sized French Cities Reduce GHG Emissions from Commuting?

Investigating spatiotemporal dynamics and trade-off/synergy of multiple ecosystem services in response to land cover change: a case study of Nanjing city, China

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