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DOI: https://doi.org/10.11849/zrzyxb.2013.09.018

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A Review of Assessment Methods, Influencing Factors and Process on Urban Carbon Emissions

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  • 1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China;
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Received date: 2012-06-15

  Revised date: 2013-03-06

  Online published: 2013-09-20

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Abstract

Urban carbon emissions had profound impact on the global carbon cycle and climate change. This paper, based on the studies of urban carbon emissions home and abroad, systematically concludes methods, factors and process of carbon emissions from the aspects of carbon emission effect of urbanization, estimation and impact factors of urban carbon emissions, observation of carbon emissions, carbon cycle and carbon metabolism. Furthermore, we reviewed representative methods with respect to the estimation and observation of carbon emissions such as Kaya identity, LMDI method, CGE model, mixture analysis method, inventory method, UE model, FFDAS model, STIRPAT model, GRID model, Four-part Methodology, building carbon emission model, substance metabolism law and EC carbon flux observation. Research focus is shifting from the macro mode to the microscopic mechanism and from single process of humanities or nature to cultural and natural coupling process. Research hot spot areas have turned to cities of developing countries from ones of developed countries. Data sources have shifted to remote sensing, experimental observation of multi-source data from single data source. Because of the above characteristics, future studies should be based on urban equitable development and low-carbon cities, and build up urban public interest energy research framework. According to function and development level of each city, it is necessary to synthesize vertical flux measurement, econometric model, ecological model, remote sensing and GIS, establish high-precision urban carbon emissions account, construct urban standard classification system of metabolism stock and flow, develop and improve carbon emissions estimation model, increase the results accuracy of urban carbon emissions and correspondingly, the comparability between cities.

Key words： carbon emission; cities; carbon metabolism

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LI Yu, WANG Zhe, WANG Fei, DONG Suo-cheng, LI Ze-hong . A Review of Assessment Methods, Influencing Factors and Process on Urban Carbon Emissions[J]. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2013 , 28(9) : 1637 -1648 . DOI: 10.11849/zrzyxb.2013.09.018

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