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Qiang Wang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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effects of Urbanisation on energy consumption in china
Energy Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Qiang WangAbstract:As a key issue in China's economic development, Urbanisation creates increasing pressure on energy supply and the natural environment. Thus, a better understanding of the relationship between Urbanisation and energy consumption is necessary for Chinese decision makers at various levels to address energy security and sustainable economic and social development. This paper empirically investigates the effects of China's Urbanisation on residential energy consumption (REC) and production energy consumption (PEC) through a time-series analysis. The results show that compared with rural areas, Urbanisation slows per capita REC growth because of the economy of scale and technological advantages associated with Urbanisation but has greater promotional effects on the growth of REC and the improvement of REC structure. The economic growth caused by Urbanisation most significantly contributes to an increase in PEC, whereas technological advancement was found to reduce the scale of PEC (except from 2001 to 2005). Finally, the structural effect of the energy supply increased rather than decreased China's PEC, and the effect of industrial structure adjustment on PEC was found to be insignificant.
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Effects of Urbanisation on energy consumption in China
Energy Policy, 2014Co-Authors: Qiang WangAbstract:As a key issue in China's economic development, Urbanisation creates increasing pressure on energy supply and the natural environment. Thus, a better understanding of the relationship between Urbanisation and energy consumption is necessary for Chinese decision makers at various levels to address energy security and sustainable economic and social development. This paper empirically investigates the effects of China's Urbanisation on residential energy consumption (REC) and production energy consumption (PEC) through a time-series analysis. The results show that compared with rural areas, Urbanisation slows per capita REC growth because of the economy of scale and technological advantages associated with Urbanisation but has greater promotional effects on the growth of REC and the improvement of REC structure. The economic growth caused by Urbanisation most significantly contributes to an increase in PEC, whereas technological advancement was found to reduce the scale of PEC (except from 2001 to 2005). Finally, the structural effect of the energy supply increased rather than decreased China's PEC, and the effect of industrial structure adjustment on PEC was found to be insignificant. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Advances in Orchestrating Sustainable Smart Cities (Part 2)
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 2018Co-Authors: Rajiv Ranjan, Prem Prakash Jayaraman, Massimo Villari, Dimitrios GeorgakopoulosAbstract:This special issue asked for high quality original research papers (including smart city experience papers) that made significant contributions to the state-of-the-art in "method and techniques to build sustainable smart city solutions" research area. Rapid urbanization is a global megatrend with 66 percent of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2050. The staggering exponential increase in urbanization is leading to more people migrating to major cities in the search of better opportunities and quality of life. Cities need to increase the efficiency in which they operate and use their resources sustainability in order to meet the demands imposed by rapid Urbanisation. The challenge is to continue providing basic resources such as sufficient fresh water; cleaner energy; transportation alternatives to commute efficiently from one place to another; adaption to changing climatic conditions; safety and security; while also ensuring economical, social, and environment sustainability.
Patrick Brandful Cobbinah - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Urbanisation of Hope or Despair? Urban Planning Dilemma in Ghana
Urban Forum, 2016Co-Authors: Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Poku-boansi, Raymond Asomani-boatengAbstract:Our reflections on recent treatment of African Urbanisation begins with the assertion that implicit recognition and acceptance of “rapid Urbanisation” as a legitimate and primary cause of urban management challenges—e.g. poverty, slum development, haphazard development, etc.—has impoverished the appreciation of other fundamental causes of poor urban functionality in Ghanaian cities. This article argues that urban planning practice in Ghana has contributed to the many Urbanisation challenges in Ghanaian cities, yet remains critical if rapid Urbanisation is to be effectively managed. The article provides some useful policy directions to managing rapid Urbanisation in Ghana.
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rethinking sustainable development within the framework of poverty and Urbanisation in developing countries
Environmental development, 2015Co-Authors: Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, Michael Odei Erdiawkwasie, Paul AmoatengAbstract:Since its emergence in the 1980s, the ideology underpinning sustainable development has become a metaphor for describing human welfare and environmental management. However, previous studies have overly focused on environmental aspects with little known about poverty–Urbanisation implications on sustainable development. Given the magnitude of Urbanisation and the pervasiveness of poverty in developing countries, this paper advocates for a poverty–Urbanisation analytical approach to sustainable development in developing countries. First, the article provides an overview of sustainable development discourse. Second, the paper looks at the concepts of poverty and Urbanisation and their ramifications on sustainable development. Third, examples of sustainable development policy initiatives and their associated poverty–Urbanisation threats are presented. Fourth, the paper discusses the policy implications of these two phenomena on sustainable development. The paper concludes with some key issues necessary to make sustainable development a reality in developing countries.
Niels J Dingemanse - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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an approach to distinguish between plasticity and non random distributions of behavioral types along urban gradients in a wild passerine bird
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2017Co-Authors: Philipp Sprau, Niels J DingemanseAbstract:The impact of urbanization has been widely studied in the context of species diversity and life history evolution. Behavioural adaptation, by contrast, remains poorly understood because empirical studies rarely investigate the relative importance of two key mechanisms: plastic responses vs. non-random distributions of behavioural types. We propose here an approach that enables the simultaneous estimation of the respective roles of these distinct mechanisms. We investigated why risky behaviours are often associated with Urbanisation, using an urban nest box population of great tits (Parus major) as a study system. We simultaneously and repeatedly quantified individual behaviour (aggression and flight initiation distance) as well as environmental factors characterizing level of Urbanisation (numbers of pedestrians, cars and cyclists). This enabled us to statistically distinguish plastic responses from patterns of non-random distributions of behavioural types. Data analyses revealed that individuals did not plastically adjust their behaviour to the level of urbanization. Behavioural types were instead non-randomly distributed: bold birds occurred more frequently in areas with more cars and fewer pedestrians while shy individuals were predominantly found in areas with fewer cars and more pedestrians. These novel findings imply a major role for behavioural types in the evolutionary ecology of urban environments and call for the full integration of among- and within-individual variation in urban ecological studies.
Li Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Understanding China's Urbanization - Understanding China's Urbanization
2016Co-Authors: Li Zhang, Richard Legates, Min ZhaoAbstract:China’s urbanization is one of the great earth-changing phenomena of recent times. The way in which China continues to urbanize will have a critical impact on the world economy, global climate change, international relations and a host of other critical issues. Understanding and responding to China’s urbanization is of paramount importance to everyone. This book represents a unique exploration of the demographic, spatial, economic and social aspects of China’s urban transformation.
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Regional disparities in China's Urbanisation: An examination of trends 1982–2007
International Development Planning Review, 2009Co-Authors: Li ZhangAbstract:This article examines the inter-provincial, inter-regional and intra-regional disparities of Urbanisation in China. Data are collected from census publications, which are province-based and corrected for consistency over time. Three indicators – the coefficient of variation (CV), the Gini coefficient and the Theil index – are calculated for analysis. Findings reveal that the trajectory of regional disparities in Urbanisation displays a trend that is different from that of regional economic disparity. The inter-provincial disparities in Urbanisation narrowed in the study period due to the decline of intra-regional disparity in Urbanisation. Since 2000, inter-regional disparity in Urbanisation had also been reduced. In contrast, inter-provincial disparity in economic growth was explained mainly by inter-regional disparity. Possible forces behind these changes include state development policies. These results demonstrate one of the multiple dimensions in understanding China's urban and regional development.
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China's informal Urbanisation: conceptualisation, dimensions and implications
Post-communist Economies, 2009Co-Authors: Li ZhangAbstract:This article deals with the meaning and dimensions of informal Urbanisation in post-socialist China, which has been undertaking reforms to its centrally planned economy while continuing the Lewis dual-economy transition since the late 1970s. It first combines the literature on economic transition of the urban labour market with Chinese experience of systemic transformation to contribute to a conceptual understanding of informal Urbanisation. It demonstrates that it is both the legacy and new configurations of the Chinese reformed socialist system that have created the 'exclusive' and therefore informal feature of Urbanisation under the economic and systemic transitions. On that basis, the article explores the extent of China's informal Urbanisation, which is decomposed into demographic, employment and habitat dimensions. This shows that informality represents a constituent part of Urbanisation in China. By systematically exploring the special features of China's informal Urbanisation, the article also contributes to the growing body of research that emphasises the Chinese Urbanisation as a unique process in studying space-economy.
