A study on embodied carbon transfer at the provincial level of China from a social network perspective

JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

卷:225

Article

Lv, Kangjuan¹  Feng, Xia²  Kelly, Scott⁴  Zhu, Lei³  Deng, Maozhi⁵ 

[1] Shanghai Univ, SHU UTS SILC Business Sch, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China

[2] Shanghai Univ, Sch Econ, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China

[3] Beihang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China

[4] Univ Technol Sydney, Inst Sustainable Futures, POB 123, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia

[5] Tsinghua Univ, Inst Energy Environm & Econ, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China

关键词: Carbon transfer;    Embodied CO2 emissions;    MRIO model;    Quadratic assignment procedure (QAP);    Social network analysis (SNA);   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.233

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

This paper incorporates the multiregional input-output (MRIO) and social network analysis (SNA) methods to investigate China's embodied carbon transfer across provinces. We estimate the amount of interprovincial embodied carbon transfer from 2002 to 2012, analyse the spatial correlation network structure of carbon transfer and its determinants. Our work can clarify the spatial distribution and different roles of provinces in the carbon transfer network. The empirical results show the spatio-temporal evolution of embodied carbon transfer; in 2002, embodied carbon transfer occurred from the energy-rich northern provinces to the developed eastern and central provinces, but in 2012, it transferred to developing southwestern and southern provinces. Moreover, the northwestern provinces act as bridges between the central and eastern provinces; eastern provinces play a bidirectional spillover role that transfers carbon internally and externally. The embodied carbon transfer network proposed here can help policy makers further clarify individual provinces' carbon emissions reduction responsibilities and curb national carbon emissions. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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