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Relationships between urbanization and CO2 emissions in China: An empirical analysis of population migration
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0256335 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- China’s announcement of its goal of carbon neutrality has increased the practical significance of research on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that result from urbanization. With a comprehensive consideration of population migration in China, this study examines the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions based on provincial panel data from 2000 to 2012. Two indicators (resident population and household registration population) are used to measure urbanization rate. The results reveal that the impact of urbanization on CO2 emissions in China is closely correlated with the structure of urban resident population and interregional population migration. The estimation results are still robust by using generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator and two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimator. The proportion of temporary residents is introduced as a proxy variable for population migration. The panel threshold model regression results show that the proportion of temporary residents has a marginal effect on the relationship between urbanization and CO2 emissions. In regions with a higher proportion of temporary residents, the positive effects of resident population urbanization on CO2 emissions tend to be weaker. These findings are consistent with the theories of ecological modernization and urban environmental transition. This paper makes suggestions on China’s urbanization development model and countermeasures are proposed to minimize the CO2 emissions caused by urbanization.
- Subjects :
- China
Asia
Economics
Science
Human Migration
Population
Social Sciences
Human Geography
Urban Geography
Geographical Locations
Urban Environments
Air Pollution
Urbanization
Humans
Least-Squares Analysis
Social Change
Cities
education
Estimation
Human Capital
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
Geography
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Chemical Compounds
Carbon Dioxide
Terrestrial Environments
Pollution
Chemistry
Urban economics
Urban ecology
Carbon neutrality
Social Conditions
Physical Sciences
People and Places
Earth Sciences
Medicine
Human Mobility
Demographic economics
Economic Development
Economics of Migration
Research Article
Panel data
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b426bff7f8e391b68337244530eab831