scholarly journals A Sectoral Eco-Efficiency Analysis on Urban-Industrial Symbiosis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuli Bian ◽  
Liang Dong ◽  
Zhaowen Liu ◽  
Lezhu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Development ◽  
Moderate Increase ◽  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Ecological Civilization ◽  
Output Analysis ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Low Carbon City

Urban-industrial symbiosis (UIS) is an important system innovation via sectors integration, and has been widely recognized as a novel pathway for achieving regional eco-industrial development. Eco-efficiency, as a mature approach and indicator, offers an effective tool to uncover both the status and trends of such a transformation. However, most studies have focused on the whole industry or city as a whole, which has meant that a view from the sectoral level focusing on UIS was missing. To fill this research gap, this paper applied a modified eco-efficiency approach using integrating input–output analysis (IOA) and carbon footprint (CFP) to identify the eco-efficiency benefits of UIS from a sectoral level. Specifically, sector-level economic data (as economic outputs) and CFP (as environmental impacts) are used to calculate the sectoral eco-efficiency. IOA helps to offer sectoral economic data, and, with integrating process-based inventory analysis, to conduct a CFP calculation at the sectoral level. To test the feasibility of the developed approach, urban industrial symbiosis scenarios in one typical industrial city of China were analyzed. This city is held up as the national pilot of the circular economy, low-carbon city, and ecological civilization in China. Scenarios analysis on a business as usual (no UIS) and with UIS implementation in 2012 were undertaken and compared with the change of sectoral CFP and eco-efficiency. The results highlighted a moderate increase in eco-efficiency and trade-offs in certain sectors, indicating that UIS was moderately effective in increasing the urban resource efficiency from a sectoral level, but a refined design was required. Policy recommendations are made based on the analytical results, to inform decision makers and urban and industrial managers seeking to improve the implementation of UIS as a means of achieving greater urban sustainability.

scholarly journals SEBARAN EMISI CO2 DAN IMPLIKASINYA TERHADAP PENATAAN RUANG AREA INDUSTRI DI KABUPATEN KENDAL

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Dina Labiba ◽  
Wisnu Pradoto
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon City

Kabupaten Kendal adalah wilayah yang memiliki peran sebagai salah satu pusat aktivitas industri di Provinsi Jawa Tengah. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui sebaran sumber emisi CO2 dari sektor industri serta menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi pertumbuhan emisi tersebut sebagai dasar acuan dalam merumuskan implikasi kebijakan penataan ruang aktivitas industri di Kabupaten Kendal berdasarkan konsep low carbon city. Analisis dilakukan terhadap sembilan aktivitas industri skala besar yang besar tersebar pada tiga kecamatan di Kabupaten Kendal yaitu Kecamatan Kaliwungu, Boja dan Kangkung. Hasil dari analsisis terhadap kadar intensitas produksi emisi CO2 aktivitas industri menunjukkan bahwa industri PT. Sinar Bahari Agung di Kecamatan Kangkung memiliki menghasilkan emisi CO2 tertinggi. Sementara itu untuk hasil dari analisis potensi pertumbuhan pertumbuhan emisi CO2 dilihat dari faktor penghambat dan pemicu pertumbuhan emisi tersebut, menunjukkan bahwa hingga tahun 2031 pertumbuhan emisi CO2 sektor industri di Kabupaten Kendal akan terus mengalami peningkatan. Implikasi kebijakan penataan ruang yang dapat diterapkan adalah penambahan areal ruang terbuka hijau. Penambahan ruang terbuka hijau diprioritaskan pada aktivitas industri pada aktivitas industri PT. Sinar Bahari Agung dan PT. Rimba Partikel Indonesia. Selain itu, implikasi kebijakan lainnya yang dapat diterapkan ialah dengan membatasi pertumbuhan aktivitas industri di wilayah bagian selatan Kabupaten Kendal serta pengoptimalan pemanfaatan lahan industri dengan penerapan Industrial Symbiosis.

Promoting low-carbon city through industrial symbiosis: A case in China by applying HPIMO model

Energy Policy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 864-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Dong ◽  
Tsuyoshi Fujita ◽  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Ming Dai ◽  
Minoru Fujii ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Symbiosis ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Low Carbon City

On the Strategic Considerations and Paths Selection of Integrating Ecological Civilization into Economic Construction

2017 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 1750024
Author(s):  
Chengliang HUANG
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Ecological Civilization ◽  
Bottom Line ◽  
New Era ◽  
Chinese Characteristics ◽  
It Integration ◽  
Important Approach ◽  
Economic Construction

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the integration of ecological civilization construction with the development of economy, politics, culture, and society has not only been an established strategy of deepening and consolidating the “five-sphere integrated plan” of socialism with Chinese characteristics, but it has also been an important approach to achieve ecological civilization. In order to realize it, “integration” is the living soul. Integration means that on one hand, ecological civilization construction should be in step with economic and social development; on the other hand, it is inherent with the strategic thinking that priority should be given to ecology and environmental protection. This paper explains how ecological civilization construction is integrated with economic development and also discusses its strategies and paths. The findings are as follows: The first is to cling to the bottom line that no major ecological disasters should happen. This requires adherence to the basic state policy of environmental protection, restructuring of conventional industries and transformation of development patterns. The second is to adhere to the philosophy that industrialization, urbanization, informatization, agricultural modernization and greenization be promoted simultaneously, so that they can complement with the “five-sphere integrated plan”. This requires that a green, low carbon, and recyclable path should be pursued. The third is to stay open and forward-looking. In the new era of ecological civilization with new fashion and trends, active measures should be taken to build a modern ecological and industrial development system in order to lay a solid foundation for ecological civilization construction.

Understanding Indicator Choice for the Assessment of RD&D Financing of Low-Carbon Energy Technologies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonas Sonnenschein
Keyword(s):  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Research Development ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Energy Technologies ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Standard Set ◽  
Low Carbon Energy

Rapid decarbonization requires additional research, development, and demonstration of low-carbon energy technologies. Various financing instruments are in place to support this development. They are frequently assessed through indicator-based evaluations. There is no standard set of indicators for this purpose. This study looks at the Nordic countries, which are leading countries with respect to eco-innovation. Different indicators to assess financing instruments are analysed with respect to their acceptance, the ease of monitoring, and their robustness. None of the indicators emerges as clearly superior from the analysis. Indicator choice is subject to trade-offs and leaves room for steering evaluation results in a desired direction. The study concludes by discussing potential policy implications of biases in indicator-based evaluation.

scholarly journals Assessing CO2 Emissions from Passenger Transport with the Mixed-Use Development Model in Shenzhen International Low-Carbon City

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Xianchun Tan ◽  
Tangqi Tu ◽  
Baihe Gu ◽  
Yuan Zeng ◽  
Tianhang Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Transport Accessibility ◽  
Mixed Use ◽  
Mixed Land Use ◽  
Low Carbon City

Assessing transport CO2 emissions is important in the development of low-carbon strategies, but studies based on mixed land use are rare. This study assessed CO2 emissions from passenger transport in traffic analysis zones (TAZs) at the community level, based on a combination of the mixed-use development model and the vehicle emission calculation model. Based on mixed land use and transport accessibility, the mixed-use development model was adopted to estimate travel demand, including travel modes and distances. As a leading low-carbon city project of international cooperation in China, Shenzhen International Low-Carbon City Core Area was chosen as a case study. The results clearly illustrate travel demand and CO2 emissions of different travel modes between communities and show that car trips account for the vast majority of emissions in all types of travel modes in each community. Spatial emission differences are prominently associated with inadequately mixed land use layouts and unbalanced transport accessibility. The findings demonstrate the significance of the mixed land use and associated job-housing balance in reducing passenger CO2 emissions from passenger transport, especially in per capita emissions. Policy implications are given based on the results to facilitate sophisticated transport emission control at a finer spatial scale. This new framework can be used for assessing the impacts of urban planning on transport emissions to promote sustainable urbanization in developing countries.

scholarly journals Does the Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy Promote Green Technology Innovation? Based on Green Patent Data of Chinese A-Share Listed Companies

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3695
Author(s):  
Jintao Ma ◽  
Qiuguang Hu ◽  
Weiteng Shen ◽  
Xinyi Wei
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Corporate Financing ◽  
Multiple Dimensions ◽  
Low Carbon City ◽  
The Impact ◽  
A Share

To cope with climate change and achieve sustainable development, low-carbon city pilot policies have been implemented. An objective assessment of the performance of these policies facilitates not only the implementation of relevant work in pilot areas, but also the further promotion of these policies. This study uses A-share listed enterprises from 2005 to 2019 and creates a multi-period difference-in-differences model to explore the impact of low-carbon city pilot policies on corporate green technology innovation from multiple dimensions. Results show that (1) low-carbon city pilot policies stimulates the green technological innovation of enterprises as manifested in their application of green invention patents; (2) the introduction of pilot policies is highly conducive to green technological innovation in eastern cities and enterprises in high-carbon emission industries; and (3) tax incentives and government subsidies are important fiscal and taxation tools that play the role of pilot policies in low-carbon cities. By alleviating corporate financing constraints, these policies effectively promote the green technological innovation of enterprises. This study expands the research on the performance of low-carbon city pilot policies and provides data support for a follow-up implementation and promotion of policies from the micro perspective at the enterprise level.

What Motivates Local Sustainability Policy Action in China? The Case of Low-Carbon City Pilot Program

2021 ◽  
pp. 107808742199524
Author(s):  
Zhilin Liu ◽  
Jie Wang ◽  
Craig W. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Urban Governance ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Industrial Growth ◽  
Horizontal Competition ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Low Carbon City ◽  
Sustainability Policy

An increasing volume of literature has sought to identify factors that motivate cities to pursue sustainability and adopt climate policies. However, most empirical studies were done in Western countries, where relatively high local autonomy and low pressure on industrial growth create conditions for spontaneous policy innovations in sustainability. This paper uses China’s Low-Carbon City Pilot Program as a case to investigate motivations for local sustainability actions in an authoritarian context. Our event history analyses confirm the effects of multi-level governance on local sustainability initiatives in China, particularly horizontal competition across jurisdictions, priorities and preferences of upper-level authorities, as well as local determinants including leadership, capacity, politics, and environmental stress. The findings contribute to the comparative urban governance scholarship by highlighting the unique feature of “experimentation under hierarchy” in shaping urban sustainability policymaking in China.

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