Carbon footprint patterns of the rural and urban household consumption at provincial level in China

doi:10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2014.04.006

Abstract

Abstract:

With the development of household living standards, the increasing carbon emission of household consumption has gradually turned into one of the hot research subjects in recent years. In this paper, the carbon footprints of urban and rural household consumption in China's 30 province-level regions are calculated based on the economic input-output life cycle analysis method. The results are described in the following aspects. In the aspect of total quantity, the general trend of the household carbon footprint in the 30 province-level regions gradually decreased from the southeast coastal regions to the northwest inland. Meanwhile, the urban household consumption is significantly higher than that of the rural residents. In the other aspect of the per capita household carbon footprint, it is noteworthy that the gap which increases with proportion of the urban per capita indirect carbon emission shows a trend of increase in the higher economic level of province-level regions.

Key words: urban and rural household consumption, carbon footprint, input-output analysis

CLC Number:

X321

NIE Xinrui, LIU Jingru, YANG Jianxin, LIU Ruiquan. Carbon footprint patterns of the rural and urban household consumption at provincial level in China[J]. , 2014, 31(4): 477-483.

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