Source data supported high resolution carbon emissions inventory for urban areas of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region: Spatial patterns, decomposition and policy implications
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This paper developed internationally compatible methods for delineating boundaries of urban areas in China. By integrating emission source data with existing official statistics as well as using rescaling methodology of data mapping for 1 km grid, the authors constructed high resolution emission gridded data in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) region in China for 2012. Comparisons between urban and non-urban areas of carbon emissions from industry, agriculture, household and transport exhibited regional disparities as well as sectoral differences. Except for the Hebei province, per capita total direct carbon emissions from urban extents in Beijing and Tianjin were both lower than provincial averages, indicating the climate benefit of urbanization, comparable to results from developed countries. Urban extents in the Hebei province were mainly industrial centers while those in Beijing and Tianjin were more service oriented. Further decomposition analysis revealed population to be a common major driver for increased carbon emissions but climate implications of urban design, economic productivity of land use, and carbon intensity of GDP were both cluster- and sector-specific. This study disapproves the one-size-fits-all solution for carbon mitigation but calls for down-scaled analysis of carbon emissions and formulation of localized carbon reduction strategies in the Jing-Jin-Ji as well as other regions in China.
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Hebei province's urban areas were dominated by industries with the most diverse functions compared to Beijing and Tianjin.
“In comparison to Beijing and Tianjin, Hebei province’s urban areas were dominated by industries with the most diverse functions.”
From Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review (2022) · cites this paper as Cai et al. 2018
Per capita CO2 emissions in Beijing and Tianjin's metropolitan areas were lower than provincial averages.
“The findings indicated that per capita CO2 emissions in Beijing and Tianjin’s metropolitan areas were lower than provincial averages, implying that intensive human activities were recorded (Cai et al. 2018).”
From Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review (2022) · cites this paper as Cai et al. 2018
Urbanization reduced per capita CO2 emissions from the transportation sector, with Hebei benefiting the most.
“Urbanization reduced per capita CO2 emissions from the transportation sector, with Hebei benefiting the most.”
From Strategies to achieve a carbon neutral society: a review (2022) · cites this paper as Cai et al. 2018
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- Authors
- Cai, B., Li, W., Dhakal, S., & Wang, J.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning (CN)
- City University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Asian Institute of Technology (TH)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Wanxin
- Venue
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-01
- Volume
- 206
- Pages
- 786-799
- ISSN
- 0301-4797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2768445802
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7
- FWCI
- 3.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Environmental Management (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Key Issues of China City Carbon Emission Inventory (41101500)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (9042115)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- urban carbon emissions, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, urban design, carbon mitigation policy, sectoral emissions, Hebei Province
- MeSH terms
- Beijing, Carbon, China, Industry, Urbanization, Environmental Policy
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