What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt

Detecting spatial carbon inequality is critical to achieving regional emission reduction targets from the perspectives of ensuring equality and efficiency. While previous studies have measured spatial carbon inequality and identified its drivers, few studies have explored these drivers at a sectoria...

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Autores principales:	Shuo Zhang, Ali Kharrazi, Yadong Yu, Hongtao Ren, Liyun Hong, Tieju Ma
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	CO₂ emissions Inequality Drivers Spatial structural decomposition analysis Yangtze River economic Belt Ecology QH540-549.5
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/36ae7704dd3948ae8c8bf01006ed91b5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:36ae7704dd3948ae8c8bf01006ed91b52021-12-01T04:36:01ZWhat causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107129https://doaj.org/article/36ae7704dd3948ae8c8bf01006ed91b52021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X20310682https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XDetecting spatial carbon inequality is critical to achieving regional emission reduction targets from the perspectives of ensuring equality and efficiency. While previous studies have measured spatial carbon inequality and identified its drivers, few studies have explored these drivers at a sectorial level. Taking China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as a case study example, this study explores the drivers of spatial carbon inequality at the sectoral level and reveals the following key points. (1) The regional heterogeneity in CO₂ emissions driven by economic factors have increased from 2002 to 2012. (2) The wide spatial differences in CO₂ emissions are driven by per capita final demand, production structure, and final demand structure. (3) Driven by emission intensity, the production structure, and the final demand structure effects, the Electricity and heat production and supply, Smelting and pressing of metals, and Nonmetal mineral products have become the most critical sectors aggravating the spatial carbon inequality. (4) Driven by the production structure and final demand structure, most of the middle and lower reaches of the YREB emit more CO₂ in the aforementioned sectors. Our findings support the implementation of coordinated emission reduction plans in the YREB region.Shuo ZhangAli KharraziYadong YuHongtao RenLiyun HongTieju MaElsevierarticleCO₂ emissionsInequalityDriversSpatial structural decomposition analysisYangtze River economic BeltEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 121, Iss , Pp 107129- (2021)
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topic	CO₂ emissions Inequality Drivers Spatial structural decomposition analysis Yangtze River economic Belt Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	CO₂ emissions Inequality Drivers Spatial structural decomposition analysis Yangtze River economic Belt Ecology QH540-549.5 Shuo Zhang Ali Kharrazi Yadong Yu Hongtao Ren Liyun Hong Tieju Ma What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt
description	Detecting spatial carbon inequality is critical to achieving regional emission reduction targets from the perspectives of ensuring equality and efficiency. While previous studies have measured spatial carbon inequality and identified its drivers, few studies have explored these drivers at a sectorial level. Taking China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) as a case study example, this study explores the drivers of spatial carbon inequality at the sectoral level and reveals the following key points. (1) The regional heterogeneity in CO₂ emissions driven by economic factors have increased from 2002 to 2012. (2) The wide spatial differences in CO₂ emissions are driven by per capita final demand, production structure, and final demand structure. (3) Driven by emission intensity, the production structure, and the final demand structure effects, the Electricity and heat production and supply, Smelting and pressing of metals, and Nonmetal mineral products have become the most critical sectors aggravating the spatial carbon inequality. (4) Driven by the production structure and final demand structure, most of the middle and lower reaches of the YREB emit more CO₂ in the aforementioned sectors. Our findings support the implementation of coordinated emission reduction plans in the YREB region.
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title	What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt
title_short	What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt
title_full	What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt
title_fullStr	What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt
title_full_unstemmed	What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt
title_sort	what causes spatial carbon inequality? evidence from china’s yangtze river economic belt
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publishDate	2021
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What causes spatial carbon inequality? Evidence from China’s Yangtze River economic Belt

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