Multi-scale integrated assessment of urban energy use and CO2 emissions

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

ZHANG, L.

College of Environment and Planning, Henan Univ., Kaifeng, Chine

Henan Collaborative Innovation Center for Coordinating Industrialization, Urbanization and Agriculture Modernization in Central Economic Zone, Kaifeng, Chine

LIU, G.

College of Science, Engineering and Health, RMIT Univ., Melbourne, Australie

QIN, Y.

College of Environment and Planning, Henan Univ., Kaifeng, Chine

Henan Collaborative Innovation Center for Coordinating Industrialization, Urbanization and Agriculture Modernization in Central Economic Zone, Kaifeng, Chine

Description :
The AA. propose an analytical framework and accounting system with 3 dimensions of boundaries to comprehensively assess urban energy use and related CO2 emissions. The analytical framework depicted the input, transformation, transfer and discharge process of the carbon-based (fossil) energy flows through the complex urban ecosystems, and defined the accounting scopes and boundaries on the strength of carbon footprint and urban metabolism. The accounting system highlighted the assessment for the transfer and discharge of socio-economic subsystems with different spatial boundaries. Three kinds methods applied to Beijing City explicitly exhibited the accounting characteristics.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Journal of geographical sciences. Acta geographica sinica, issn : 1009-637X, 2014, vol. 24, n°. 4, p. 651-668, nombre de pages : 18, Références bibliographiques : 33 ref.

Date :
2014

Editeur :
Pays édition : Chine

Langue :
Anglais