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A Holistic Evaluation of Low Carbon City Performance in the Context of Low Carbon Pilot Cities in China

In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate

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  • Xiaoyun Du

    (Chongqing University)

  • CongHui Meng

    (Chongqing University)

Abstract

75% carbon emissions come from cities, it is a top agent to reduce carbon emission by low carbon cities (LCC) practice. Under this background, China has made great efforts to enact various policies about LCC so that for the development of LCC can be promoted. However, the government cannot respond in a proper manner on time if the performance of LCC is not assessed felicitously, which may lead the LCC policies have limited effects. After reviewing some published works, the implementation impact of LCC policies are found in few studies. This study therefore conducted a evaluation for LCC performance in a holistic perspective. An evaluation index system was built are indicators were selected by literature review and semi-structured interview. The evaluation model was on the basis of entropy and TOPSIS method. Data was collected from 35 LCCs in China. The results indicate that Chinese cities generally have low LCC performance. Imbalanced phenomenon exists among five dimensions of low carbon city, which should not be ignored by decision-makers, this imbalanced phenomenon includes industrial restructure, energy structure optimization, energy efficiency improvement, carbon sinks aggrandize and low carbon management architecture amelioration. The LCC performance in varies cities changed significantly since implementing low carbon programs.

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  • Xiaoyun Du & CongHui Meng, 2021. "A Holistic Evaluation of Low Carbon City Performance in the Context of Low Carbon Pilot Cities in China," Springer Books, in: Fenjie Long & Sheng Zheng & Yuzhe Wu & Gangying Yang & Yan Yang (ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, pages 819-838, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-3977-0_63
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3977-0_63
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