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Carbon implications of China's changing economic structure at the city level

Liu, Y; Wang, Y; Mi, Z; Ma, Z; (2018) Carbon implications of China's changing economic structure at the city level. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , 46 pp. 163-171. 10.1016/j.strueco.2018.05.005. Green open access

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Abstract

Carbon emissions are strongly related to economic development. China has entered a new phase of economic development – “New Normal” – in which large-scale and multidimensional changes are occurring in the economic structure. This study aims to estimate the carbon implications of these changes in the economic structure at the city level. We compiled a multiregional input-output (MRIO) model for China and used an environmentally extended input-output analysis (EEIOA) to estimate CO 2 emissions in Shanghai from both production and consumption perspectives. We found that consumption-based CO 2 emissions were more than 30% higher than production-based emissions in Shanghai. In recent years, both production- and consumption-based CO 2 emissions in Shanghai declined because of changes in China's economic development mode. The production-based emissions declined mainly due to changes in the production structure and energy mix, while the consumption-based emissions declined mainly due to changes in consumption patterns and domestic interregional emission flows.

Type: Article
Title: Carbon implications of China's changing economic structure at the city level
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2018.05.005
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2018.05.005
Language: English
Additional information: © 2018 Elsevier B.V. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Economic structure, Carbon emissions, Consumption patterns, Input-output model
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049976
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