Objective The decoupling relationship between land-use carbon emissions and economic development, and the influencing factors were explored, in order to provide a theoretical basis for better aligning urban carbon reduction strategies with economic growth in the first batch of low-carbon pilot cities in China. Methods Taking the first batch of 8 low-carbon pilot cities (nemely Tianjin, Chongqing, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Guiyang and Baoding cities) as the study area, the evolution trend of land-use carbon emissions in the pilot cities from 2005 to 2020 were analyzed. Based on the Tapio decoupling model, the decoupling relationship between land-use net carbon emissions and economic development was explored, and the influencing factors of net carbon emissions from land use were investigated by employing the logarithmic mean divisia index (LMDI) method. Results ① The net carbon emissions of the first batch of low-carbon pilot cities during 2005—2020 showed a rapid growth trend, increasing from 7.74×108 tons in 2005 to 1.80×109 tons in 2020. ② The overall decoupling index of the pilot cities gradually decreased during the study period, indicating that the dependence of economic development on land-use carbon emissions was on a downward trend. During the period from 2015 to 2020, the land-use carbon emissions of Tianjin City presented a desirable strong decoupling state from the economic development, while Baoding City showed an undesirable expansive negative decoupling state, and the remaining six cities showed a weak decoupling state. This reflected that there were still considerable potential for improvement in coordinating the relationship between land-use carbon emissions and economic development in the pilot cities. ③ Positive factors affecting land-use carbon emissions in descending order were: economic development level > land use structure > population density > total land area; negative factors were ranked as follows: economic efficiency of land use > carbon emission intensity of land type. Conclusion The decoupling status and the influencing factors of land-use carbon emissions in pilot cities varied significantly across regions, thus regionally differentiated low-carbon economic development strategies should be formulated in combination with the influencing factors.
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针对土地利用碳排放与经济发展之间的关系,现有文献主要聚焦于经济对土地利用碳排放的潜在影响[3],以及土地利用碳排放与经济的环境库兹涅茨曲线关系[4]、因果关系[5]、脱钩关系等[6-7]。其中,“脱钩(decoupling)”源自物理学,指消除系统或变量间的相互作用。20世纪初,经济合作与发展组织(OECD)首次引入这一概念探讨经济增长与资源消耗及环境污染之间关系的阻断机制,为资源环境领域的脱钩理论奠定了重要基础。脱钩方法可以根据研究目的需要,构建变量间变化率的对比关系,反映变量间的关联性减弱或消失[8]。相较于环境库兹涅茨曲线关系和因果关系,脱钩关系计算简便,且能逐年反映研究对象关系的演变态势[7],已被广泛应用于耕地碳排放、建设用地碳排放与经济发展的关系研究。目前也有学者围绕土地利用碳排放与经济的脱钩关系展开研究,但其研究对象主要涉及单个城市、单个省份、城市圈和城市群等[6,9-10],鲜有研究以地理不相邻的国家低碳试点城市为对象展开脱钩分析。此外,现有土地利用碳排放与经济的脱钩关系研究大多仅着重刻画脱钩演变态势,而未进一步剖析土地利用碳排放影响因素,以探究推进二者脱钩的具体手段。事实上,影响因素剖析是降低土地利用碳排放的重要环节,亦受到学者的广泛关注,现有研究主要采用对数平均迪氏指数分解法(logarithmic mean divisia index method,LMDI method)展开土地利用碳排放影响因素分析。例如,基于LMDI法,有学者测度了土地利用碳排放强度、土地利用结构、人均GDP、人口数量、单位GDP用地强度等因素对土地利用碳排放的影响[11-12]。孙彩凤等[13]、李玉玲等[6]从能源结构和能源效率、土地利用结构方面探讨了土地利用碳排放的影响因素。值得注意的是,不同土地利用结构会形成不同的用地模式,从而产生不同程度的土地利用碳排放[6],而鲜有研究综合考虑土地利用结构、总面积、经济效率等因素对土地利用碳排放的影响。
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