Does urbanization lead to less residential energy consumption? A comparative study of 136 countries

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.117765

	Does urbanization lead to less residential energy consumption? A comparative study of 136 countries
	Wang, Qiang 6; Lin, Jian 5; Zhou, Kan 4; Fan, Jie 4; Kwan, Mei-Po 1,2,3
刊名	ENERGY
	2020-07-01
卷号	202 页码:9
关键词	Urbanization Impact Residential energy consumption Panel data Global
ISSN号	0360-5442
DOI	10.1016/j.energy.2020.117765
通讯作者	Zhou, Kan(zhoukan@igsnrr.ac.cn) ; Fan, Jie(fanj@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	The impact of urbanization on residential energy consumption is insufficiently understood. By employing a panel dataset of 136 countries during 1990-2015, this study examines the influence of urbanization on residential energy use worldwide, and how the magnitudes of influence vary across regions by taking into account regional heterogeneity and stages of urbanization. Our findings indicate that the impact of urbanization on residential energy consumption tends to vary greatly across regions in different urbanization stages. Most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are at the acceleration stage of urbanization characterized by rapid population migration to urban areas without the corresponding economic growth. This feature of urbanization leads to a decrease in aggregate consumption. In contrast, the urbanization in developing regions in Asia and the Middle East & North Africa, which has been accompanied by booming economies, can increase aggregate residential energy consumption. Surprisingly, for highly urbanized regions, including the developed regions of the world, Latin America & the Caribbean, and the developing regions in Europe & Central Asia, the urbanzation impact seemingly becomes nonsignificant because of the narrow gap between urban and rural energy use in the residential sector. Based on these findings, we make four key policy suggections, including evaluating fiscal sustainability of household energy transition programs on a cost-benefit basis, developing a suite of customized options for household energy use and orderly transition process, encouraging bottom-up initiatives for adopting clean energy in residential sector, and sharing a public monitoring and planning platform. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41671126] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41971159]
WOS关键词	ELECTRICITY DEMAND ; CO2 EMISSIONS ; ECONOMIC-GROWTH ; TRADE OPENNESS ; PANEL-DATA ; IMPACT ; URBAN ; EFFICIENCY ; US ; INTENSITY
WOS研究方向	Thermodynamics ; Energy & Fuels
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000538592700084
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/162202]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Zhou, Kan; Fan, Jie
作者单位	1.Univ Utrecht, Dept Human Geog & Spatial Planning, Utrecht, Netherlands 2.Chinese Univ Hong, Inst Space & Earth Informat Sci, KongShatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Univ Hong, Dept Geog & Resource Management, KongShatin, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China 5.SUNY Coll Environm Sci & Forestry, Grad Program Environm Sci, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA 6.Fujian Normal Univ, Sch Geog Sci, Fuzhou 350007, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Qiang,Lin, Jian,Zhou, Kan,et al. Does urbanization lead to less residential energy consumption? A comparative study of 136 countries[J]. ENERGY,2020,202:9.
APA	Wang, Qiang,Lin, Jian,Zhou, Kan,Fan, Jie,&Kwan, Mei-Po.(2020).Does urbanization lead to less residential energy consumption? A comparative study of 136 countries.ENERGY,202,9.
MLA	Wang, Qiang,et al."Does urbanization lead to less residential energy consumption? A comparative study of 136 countries".ENERGY 202(2020):9.