The Impacts of City Size and Density on CO2 Emissions: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration

• Published in: Applied spatial analysis and policy Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 529 - 555
• Main Authors: Ma, Mengyue, Rozema, Jaap, Gianoli, Alberto, Zhang, Wanshun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Cities; Demographic change; Emissions control; Human Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Population; Population density; Population growth; Population number; Regional/Spatial Science; Rivers; Social Sciences; Spatial analysis; Urban areas; Urbanization; Yangtze River Delta; Yangtze River; Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration; Urban form; CO; City size; emissions; City density

With rapid urbanization, cities plays an increasingly key role in addressing CO 2 emission-related issues. This study aims at analysing the spatial relation between city size and CO 2 emissions in the case of Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA) in China over the years from 2006 to 2016,...