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| Titel |
The carbon emissions of Chinese cities |
| VerfasserIn |
H. Wang, R. Zhang, M. Liu, J. Bi |
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Englisch
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| ISSN |
1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 12, no. 14 ; Nr. 12, no. 14 (2012-07-18), S.6197-6206 |
| Datensatznummer |
250011322
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-12-6197-2012.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| As increasing urbanization has become a national policy
priority for economic growth in China, cities have become important players
in efforts to reduce carbon emissions. However, their efforts have been
hampered by the lack of specific and comparable carbon emission inventories.
Comprehensive carbon emission inventories for twelve Chinese cities, which
present both a relatively current snapshot and also show how emissions have
changed over the past several years, were developed using a bottom-up
approach. Carbon emissions in most Chinese cities rose along with economic
growth from 2004 to 2008. Yet per capita carbon emissions varied between the
highest and lowest emitting cities by a factor of nearly 7. Average
contributions of sectors to per capita emissions for all Chinese cities were
65.1% for industrial energy consumption, 10.1% for industrial
processes, 10.4% for transportation, 7.7% for household energy
consumption, 4.2% for commercial energy consumption and 2.5% for waste
processing. However, these shares are characterized by considerable
variability due to city-specific factors. The levels of per capita carbon
emissions in China's cities were higher than we anticipated before comparing
them with the average of ten cities in other parts of the world. This is
mainly due to the major contribution of the industry sector in Chinese
cities. |
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