The Impacts of Land Use Spatial Form Changes on Carbon Emissions in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau from 2000 to 2020: A Case Study of the Lhasa Metropolitan Area

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 122
• Main Authors: Wang, Meimei, Kong, Dezhen, Mao, Jinhuang, Ma, Weijing, Ayyamperumal, Ramamoorthy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Acceleration; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; carbon emissions; Climate change; Construction; Cultivated lands; Deceleration; Decomposition; Economic development; Emission measurements; Emissions; Environmental impact; Global climate; Government; influence mechanism; Land cover; Land use; land use form; Lhasa metropolitan area; Metropolitan areas; policy proposals; Regions; Research methodology; Spatial distribution; Urban areas; Urbanization; Tibet; China

The ecological contribution of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau has received considerable attention as a result of the increased focus on global climate change and the continuous growth of carbon emissions in all countries. In this study, we proposed a method and measured the carbon emissions from land use...