CO2 EMISSIONS
; ENERGY USE
; CITY
; CHINA
; SHANGHAI
; SCENARIOS
; CITIES
WOS学科分类:
Business
; Regional & Urban Planning
WOS研究方向:
Business & Economics
; Public Administration
英文摘要:
Given increasing concern about climate change, the trend toward low-carbon urban transport development has global appeal. The evaluation of low-carbon urban transport is a prerequisite for a transition toward low-carbon urban transport. However, most of the existing research focuses only on the absolute evaluation of urban transport CO2 emissions, which do not represent the level of low-carbon urban transport. In addition, an absolute evaluation is not comparable across different cities over time because it ignores the effects of urban heterogeneity. Therefore, this paper develops a comparative evaluation method that considers the effects of urban population scale, population density and economic development. A benchmark model of per capita CO2 emissions for different cities with different properties is established based on the relationships between urban population scale, population density, and economic development. Then, a comparative evaluation index is derived from the benchmark model to independently evaluate the effects of policy factors, which may reflect the level of low-carbon urban transport. As a result, cities with low-carbon urban transport can be identified. Furthermore, four urban transport transition types are identified: stable high-carbon transitions, stable low-carbon transitions, low-carbon transitions, and high-carbon transitions. These methods are applied to 180 cities worldwide to verify their effectiveness. This is the first time that 180 global cities have been compared using a unified and quantitative evaluation index of low-carbon urban transport.
1.Tongji Univ, Coll Transportat Engn, Minist Educ, Key Lab Rd & Traff Engn, 4800 Caoan Rd, Shanghai 201804, Peoples R China 2.Seazen Holdings Co Ltd, 6 Lane 388,Zhongjiang Rd, Shanghai 200062, Peoples R China 3.Harbin Inst Technol, Sch Management, 92 Xidazhi St, Harbin 150000, Heilongjiang, Peoples R China 4.Southwest Minzu Univ, Sch Urban Planning & Architecture, 16 South Sect,1st Ring Rd, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Recommended Citation:
Li, Wenxiang,Bao, Lei,Wang, Luqi,et al. Comparative evaluation of global low-carbon urban transport[J]. TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE,2019-01-01,143:14-26