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CO2 Emissions from Residential Consumption in China

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Abstract

China’s economy has developed rapidly, leading to the rapid growth of population and consumption rates.

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Wang Z, Yang L. 2014. Indirect CO2 emissions in household consumption: evidence from the urban and rural areas in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 78: 94–103.

Wang Z, Liu W, Yin J. 2015. Driving forces of indirect CO2 emissions from household consumption in China: an input-output decomposition analysis. Natural Hazards, 75(2): 257–272.

Wang Z, Yang Y. 2016. Features and influencing factors of CO2 emissions indicators in the perspective of residential consumption: Evidence from Beijing, China. Ecological Indicators, 61: 634–645.

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Notes

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    The results of Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) shows the total CO2 emissions of China were about 10.3 billion tons in 2014, about twice of that of the second ranked the US.

  2. 2.

    The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China shows the urbanization rate is 59.58% in 2018.

  3. 3.

    NPP marks the first visible step in carbon accumulation and quantifies the conversion of atmospheric CO2 into plant biomass. It is a rate process that tracks the net flux of carbon from the atmosphere into green plants per day, week, or year.

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Wang, Z., Zhang, B. (2020). CO2 Emissions from Residential Consumption in China. In: Low-Carbon Consumption in China: Residential Behavior, Corporate Practices and Policy Implication. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2792-0_1

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