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Global typology of urban energy use and potentials for an urbanization mitigation wedge
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Significance: Many case studies of specific cities have investigated factors that contribute to urban energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions. The analysis in this study is based on data from 274 cities and three global datasets and provides a typology of urban attributes of energy use. The results highlight that appropriate policies addressing urban climate change mitigation differ with type of city. A global urbanization wedge, corresponding in particular to energy-efficient urbanization in Asia, might reduce urban energy use by more than 25%, compared with a business-as-usual scenario.
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“Urban planning, street space rededication, smart logistical systems and increased street connectivity with smaller distances have the largest potential to reduce the need for travel 33,34 , with a counterfactual potential of 25% reduction in urban energy use in 2050 considering only newly built cities (repercussion effects in the buildings sector are included in this estimate) 35 .”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Creutzig, F., Baiocchi, G., Bierkandt, R., Pichler, P.-P., & Seto, K. C.
- Affiliations
- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (DE)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (DE)
- Yale University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2015-01-12
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 20
- Pages
- 6283-6288
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC4443311
- OpenAlex
- W2123954521
- Cited by
- 598
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 54 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 50 · 2023: 37 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 56 · 2020: 56 · 2019: 56 · 2018: 97 · 2017: 44 · 2016: 25 · 2015: 18
- FWCI
- 18.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Keywords
- urban energy consumption, climate change mitigation, urban greenhouse gas emissions, transportation energy use, compact city, urban planning policy, transport planning policy, gasoline prices, population density, urban expansion, urban typology
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