The Form of Urbanization and Carbon Emissions in China: A Panel Data Analysis Across the Provinces 2000–2008

Author(s):  
Bo Qin ◽  
Jianfeng Wu
2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 2584-2600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianjun Wang ◽  
Li Li ◽  
Fan Zhang ◽  
Qiannan Xu

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 2775
Author(s):  
Florian Marcel Nuţă ◽  
Alina Cristina Nuţă ◽  
Cristina Gabriela Zamfir ◽  
Stefan-Mihai Petrea ◽  
Dan Munteanu ◽  
...  

The work at hand assesses several driving factors of carbon emissions in terms of urbanization and energy-related parameters on a panel of emerging European economies, between 1990 and 2015. The use of machine learning algorithms and panel data analysis offered the possibility to determine the importance of the input variables by applying three algorithms (Random forest, XGBoost, and AdaBoost) and then by modeling the urbanization and the impact of energy intensity on the carbon emissions. The empirical results confirm the relationship between urbanization and energy intensity on CO2 emissions. The findings emphasize that separate components of energy consumption affect carbon emissions and, therefore, a transition toward renewable sources for energy needs is desirable. The models from the current study confirm previous studies’ observations made for other countries and regions. Urbanization, as a process, has an influence on the carbon emissions more than the actual urban regions do, confirming that all the activities carried out as urbanization efforts are more harmful than the resulted urban area. It is proper to say that the urban areas tend to embrace modern, more green technologies but the road to achieve environmentally friendly urban areas is accompanied by less environmentally friendly industries (such as the cement industry) and a high consumption of nonrenewable energy.


2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 1889-1907 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinpei Ou ◽  
Xiaoping Liu ◽  
Xia Li ◽  
Yimin Chen

2015 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 704-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Wang ◽  
Xiang Zhang ◽  
Jumpei Kubota ◽  
Xiaodong Zhu ◽  
Genfa Lu

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