Urbanization has been believed a driving force of GDP growth in China. In the other hand, urbanization will also impose some impact on energy demand and CO2 emissions. The calculation method of this impact is presented in this paper. It has been assumed that in 2003 the urbanization rate in China will have a unit (1 %) growth, GDP growth and its partition in agriculture, secondary industry and tertiary industry are calculated. The corresponding energy demand for GDP growth, household and transportation and CO2 emissions are further calculated. The calculation has been carried out by a computer program NICE III developed in LCA Research Center AIST Japan. It has been found that 1 % increase of urbanization rate will cause 1 % of total energy demand and 1.2 % CO2 emissions in China in 2003.
Keywords. urbanization; energy demand; CO2 emissions; China
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How to cite this article
Wei, B., Yagita, H., Inaba, A. and Sagisaka, M. (2003). 'Urbanization impact on energy demand and CO2 emission in China'. SET Proceedings, 2(1), pp. 46-50. https://doi.org/10.65582/set.2003.009
