Research on the Current Relation of Chinese Buildings’ Energy Consumption and the Living Standards of Urban Residents

Abstract Carbon peak and carbon neutrality have been incorporated into the ecological civilization construction and social development strategy in China. At the same time, the implementation of clean energy transformation in urban settlements only relies on the mandatory provisions in the transformation design standards for a long time, and the transformation effect is inconsistent with the actual transformation demands of residents, which is contrary to the original intention of improving the living environment. A clean energy transformation investigation was conducted in the existing urban settlements in China from July to August 2020 in order to study the influencing factors and demands of residents' transformation intention in the clean energy transformation. The influencing factors and demand of urban residents' clean energy transformation intention were analyzed according to different climate zones, multivariate logistic regression and binary logistic regression. Taking Shandong Province as a case, a specific analysis of residential energy consumption data in cold climate zones is carried out, and the peak of residential carbon dioxide is predicted under the condition of different annual replacement rates of clean energy power generation. The results show that the residents' intention index of clean energy transformation is the highest in hot summer and cold winter area. The low motivation of clean energy transformation intention mainly comes from low annual income and high cost of living energy consumption considering the influencing factors of urban residents' clean energy transformation intention. In contrast, the high motivation of clean energy transformation intention is mainly from the not popular user of clean energy. For the demand of clean energy transformation, residents in cold regions have clear demand for energy-saving transformation of external walls and air conditioning, etc. residents consumption can be achieved the carbon peak by 2030 only when the annual growth rate of clean electricity reaches more than 5%.

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Upward or downward comparison? Migrants’ socioeconomic status and subjective wellbeing in Chinese cities

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/0042098020954780 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 004209802095478

Author(s):

Yuqi Liu ◽

Ye Liu ◽

Yanliu Lin

Keyword(s):

Socioeconomic Status ◽

Subjective Wellbeing ◽

Family Income ◽

Living Standards ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Reference Groups ◽

Chinese Cities ◽

Internal Migrants ◽

Objective Socioeconomic Status ◽

Destination City

Understanding the mechanism by which internal migrants evaluate their quality of life is essential for understanding the social integration of migrants into Chinese cities. A few studies have examined the linkages between internal migrants’ objective socioeconomic status and subjective wellbeing in the Chinese context, but they assume that migrants compare themselves with either their sending communities or receiving cities when evaluating their working and living conditions. This paper examines the effect of internal migrants’ objective socioeconomic status on subjective wellbeing in Chinese cities, with a particular focus on the mediating role of perceived living standards relative to multiple reference groups and the differences between first- and second-generation migrants. Multi-level structural equation models are used to analyse data from the 2014 China Labour-force Dynamic Survey. Results from baseline regressions indicate that migrants’ family income is positively associated with their subjective wellbeing in both a direct and an indirect manner, while homeownership in the host city is only related to it in an indirect way. The relationship between family income, homeownership in the host city and subjective wellbeing is significantly mediated by perceived living standards relative to the reference groups of schoolmates, neighbours and local urban residents in the destination city. Results from the comparison between two generations of migrants indicate that only family income is positively associated with the subjective wellbeing of first-generation migrants. By contrast, for second-generation migrants, homeownership in the destination city is indirectly related to subjective wellbeing through perceived living standards relative to local urban residents.

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The Study on Surveys and Evaluation of Living Consumption Level of Urban Residents Based on the Ecological Footprint

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.616-618.1249 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 616-618 ◽

pp. 1249-1253 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peng Yan Zhang ◽

Chang Hui Hu ◽

Ming Zhou Qin ◽

Jiang Hong Yan ◽

Ya Ping Zhao

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Questionnaire Survey ◽

Ecological Footprint ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Lower Income ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Income Levels ◽

Consumption Level ◽

Biological Resources ◽

Kaifeng City

Taking three residential areas of different income levels in Kaifeng City, Henan Province in 2009 as a case, this study analyzed the ecological footprint of Kaifeng city using the theory and methods of ecological footprint and questionnaire survey. According to the questionnaire survey of three residential areas of Banqiao, Kangping and Longcheng xiangxieli garden, the ecological footprint of consumption of biological resources and energy consumption are calculated in these areas. The conclusions are made that the higher the income consumption level of residents, the greater the ecological footprint, and lower income residents consumption level, the smaller ecological footprint.

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Optimization Models of Predicting the Per Capita Income of Urban Residents

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.411-414.2589 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 411-414 ◽

pp. 2589-2592

Author(s):

Cong Jun Rao

Keyword(s):

Prediction Model ◽

Capita Income ◽

Living Standards ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Social Stability ◽

Per Capita Income ◽

Specific Data ◽

Per Capita ◽

Important Measurement ◽

Satisfactory Prediction

The per capita income of urban residents reflects the improvement of actual urban residents living standards and social stability, which is important measurement degree of a countrys economic development. Aiming at the problem of predicting the per capita income of urban residents, this paper presents a grey GM(1,1) prediction model and a grey Markov prediction model, and gives a prediction application together with the specific data of Chinese per capita income of urban residents from the year of 1991 to 2010, and it obtains satisfactory prediction results.

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An Empirical Research on the Effect of Low-Carbon Knowledge of the Urban Residents on their LowCorbonized Energy Consumption Behavior

Asian Journal of Business Research ◽

10.14707/ajbr.120003 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Lingyun Mi ◽

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Rui Nie ◽

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Consumption Behavior

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Household Energy Consumption and Its Determinants in Timor-Leste

Asian Development Review ◽

10.1162/adev_a_00085 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 167-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Dil Bahadur Rahut ◽

Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb ◽

Akhter Ali

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Clean Energy ◽

Living Standards ◽

Household Energy ◽

Urban Households ◽

Adequate Supply ◽

Adverse Impacts ◽

Timor Leste ◽

Using Data ◽

Female Headed Households

Using data from the 2007 Timor-Leste Living Standards Survey, this paper examines the determinants of household energy choices in Timor-Leste. The majority of households are dependent on dirty fuels such as fuelwood and kerosene for energy. Only a small fraction of households use clean energy such as electricity. Econometric results show that wealthy households, urban households, and those headed by individuals with higher levels of education are less likely to use and depend on kerosene and more likely to use and depend on electricity. While female-headed households are generally more likely to use and depend on fuelwood, richer female-headed households are more likely to use and depend on electricity. Our findings highlight the importance of ensuring an adequate supply of clean energy for all at affordable prices and of investing in education to raise awareness about the adverse impacts of using dirty fuels.

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