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The Human Development Index (HDI) is a prevailing indicator to present the status and trend of sustainability of nations, hereby offers a valuable measurement on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Revealing the dynamics of the HDI of the Eastern Hemisphere countries is vital for measurement and evaluation of the human development process and revealing the spatial disparities and evolutionary characteristics of human development. However, the statistical data-based HDI, which is currently widely applied, has defects in terms of data availability and inconsistent statistical caliber. To tackle such an existing gap, we applied nighttime lights (NTL) data to reconstruct new HDI indicators named HDINTL and quantify the HDINTL at multispatial scales of Eastern Hemisphere countries during 1992–2013. Results showed that South Central Asia countries had the smallest discrepancies in HDINTL, while the largest was found in North Africa. The national-level HDINTL values in the Eastern Hemisphere ranged between 0.138 and 0.947 during 1992–2013. At the subnational scale, the distribution pattern of HDINTL was spatially clustered based on the results of spatial autocorrelation analysis. The evolutionary trajectory of subnational level HDINTL exhibited a decreasing and then increasing trend along the northwest to the southeast direction of Eastern Hemisphere. At the pixel scale, 93.52% of the grids showed an increasing trend in HDINTL, especially in the urban agglomerations of China and India. These results are essential for the ever-improvement of policy making to reduce HDI’s regional disparity and promote the continuous development of humankind’s living qualities. This study offers an improved HDI accounting method. It expects to extend the channel of HDI application, e.g., potential integration with environmental, physical, and socioeconomic data where the NTL data could present as well.
Hanwei Liang; Na Li; Ji Han; Xin Bian; Huaixia Xia; Liang Dong. Investigating the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Human Development Index: A Comparative Study on Countries and Regions in the Eastern Hemisphere from the Perspective of Evolution. Remote Sensing 2021, 13, 2415 .
AMA StyleHanwei Liang, Na Li, Ji Han, Xin Bian, Huaixia Xia, Liang Dong. Investigating the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Human Development Index: A Comparative Study on Countries and Regions in the Eastern Hemisphere from the Perspective of Evolution. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13 (12):2415.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHanwei Liang; Na Li; Ji Han; Xin Bian; Huaixia Xia; Liang Dong. 2021. "Investigating the Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Human Development Index: A Comparative Study on Countries and Regions in the Eastern Hemisphere from the Perspective of Evolution." Remote Sensing 13, no. 12: 2415.
The concept of circular economy (CE) offers an innovative and systematical approach to address a number of urban sustainability issues, via exploring symbiotic ways to design circular urban systems and optimizing the materials and energy metabolism of cities, so as to mitigate environmental footprints. Urban sustainability is highlighted as a critical issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by United Nations; hence, in nature, circular economy could offer a number of solutions towards SDGs in urban scope. As trade-offs, circular economy also potentially causes negative impacts to business-as-usual scenario, which is easily to be ignored. To highlight this scientific issue, this paper identified and matched the role of circular economy in realizing 17 SDGs in urban scope. How circular economy strategy could potentially affect the SDGs, whether positive or negative, were comprehensively evaluated. We expect such findings could support an equilibrium decision-making on circular economy promotion in cities, rather than an optimum solution to a single target under the triple bottom line of sustainability.
Liang Dong; Zhaowen Liu; Yuli Bian. Match Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability: Re-investigating Circular Economy Under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Circular Economy and Sustainability 2021, 1 -14.
AMA StyleLiang Dong, Zhaowen Liu, Yuli Bian. Match Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability: Re-investigating Circular Economy Under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Circular Economy and Sustainability. 2021; ():1-14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiang Dong; Zhaowen Liu; Yuli Bian. 2021. "Match Circular Economy and Urban Sustainability: Re-investigating Circular Economy Under Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." Circular Economy and Sustainability , no. : 1-14.
Along with unprecedented urbanization in the last few decades, cities have experienced rapid social and economic transformation in China. A major challenge facing urban authorities in the immediate future is how to plan and govern cities such that they can serve as inclusive systems where everyone is enabled and empowered to fully participate in and contribute to socioeconomic life. A first step towards realizing this is to conceptualize an integrated framework that allows analysts and decision-makers to delineate, evaluate, and guide the development of these cities towards inclusiveness. In this study, we conducted a conceptual analysis of urban inclusiveness and then proposed a multidimensional framework for the evaluation of inclusive development. This is followed by the presentation of the case of Xiong’an, for which inclusive development indicators (IDIs) were selected. By comparing the state before the establishment of Xiong’an with its current development progress, and analyzing the area’s management structure and policy measures, the inclusive development challenges are identified. Subsequently, suggestions are given on how to direct Xiong’an toward higher levels of inclusiveness, including offering equal access to public services and employment opportunities, preserving environmental health and sustainable use of natural resources through waste recycling, and encouraging public participation in decision-making to bring higher levels of inclusion within reach.
Zhaowen Liu; Martin De Jong; Fen Li; Nikki Brand; Marcel Hertogh; Liang Dong. Towards Developing a New Model for Inclusive Cities in China—The Case of Xiong’an New Area. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6195 .
AMA StyleZhaowen Liu, Martin De Jong, Fen Li, Nikki Brand, Marcel Hertogh, Liang Dong. Towards Developing a New Model for Inclusive Cities in China—The Case of Xiong’an New Area. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):6195.
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhaowen Liu; Martin De Jong; Fen Li; Nikki Brand; Marcel Hertogh; Liang Dong. 2020. "Towards Developing a New Model for Inclusive Cities in China—The Case of Xiong’an New Area." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 6195.
With the rapid industrialization, increasing of fossil fuel consumption and the environmental impact, it is an inevitable trend to develop clean energy and renewable energy. Hydrogen, for its renewable and pollution-free characteristics, has become an important potential energy carrier. Hydrogen is regarded as a promising alternative fuel for fossil fuels in the future. Therefore, it is very necessary to summarize the technological progress in the development of hydrogen energy and research the status and future challenges. Hydrogen production and storage technology are the key problems for hydrogen application. This study applied bibliometric analysis to review the research features and trends of hydrogen production and storage study. Results showed that in the 2004–2018 period, China, USA and Japan leading in these research fields, the research and development in the world have grown rapidly. However, the development of hydrogen energy still faces the challenge of high production cost and high storage requirements. Photocatalytic decomposition of water to hydrogen has attracted more and more research in hydrogen production research, and the development of new hydrogen storage materials has become a key theme in hydrogen storage research. This study provides a comprehensive review of hydrogen production and storage and identifies research progress on future research trend in these fields. It would be helpful for policy-making and technology development and provide suggestions on the development of a hydrogen economy.
Wenjing Liu; Lu Sun; Zhaoling Li; Minoru Fujii; Yong Geng; Liang Dong; Tsuyoshi Fujita. Trends and future challenges in hydrogen production and storage research. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2020, 27, 31092 -31104.
AMA StyleWenjing Liu, Lu Sun, Zhaoling Li, Minoru Fujii, Yong Geng, Liang Dong, Tsuyoshi Fujita. Trends and future challenges in hydrogen production and storage research. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2020; 27 (25):31092-31104.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWenjing Liu; Lu Sun; Zhaoling Li; Minoru Fujii; Yong Geng; Liang Dong; Tsuyoshi Fujita. 2020. "Trends and future challenges in hydrogen production and storage research." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 27, no. 25: 31092-31104.
Urban-industrial symbiosis (UIS) is an important system innovation via sectors integration, and has been widely recognized as a novel pathway for achieving regional eco-industrial development. Eco-efficiency, as a mature approach and indicator, offers an effective tool to uncover both the status and trends of such a transformation. However, most studies have focused on the whole industry or city as a whole, which has meant that a view from the sectoral level focusing on UIS was missing. To fill this research gap, this paper applied a modified eco-efficiency approach using integrating input–output analysis (IOA) and carbon footprint (CFP) to identify the eco-efficiency benefits of UIS from a sectoral level. Specifically, sector-level economic data (as economic outputs) and CFP (as environmental impacts) are used to calculate the sectoral eco-efficiency. IOA helps to offer sectoral economic data, and, with integrating process-based inventory analysis, to conduct a CFP calculation at the sectoral level. To test the feasibility of the developed approach, urban industrial symbiosis scenarios in one typical industrial city of China were analyzed. This city is held up as the national pilot of the circular economy, low-carbon city, and ecological civilization in China. Scenarios analysis on a business as usual (no UIS) and with UIS implementation in 2012 were undertaken and compared with the change of sectoral CFP and eco-efficiency. The results highlighted a moderate increase in eco-efficiency and trade-offs in certain sectors, indicating that UIS was moderately effective in increasing the urban resource efficiency from a sectoral level, but a refined design was required. Policy recommendations are made based on the analytical results, to inform decision makers and urban and industrial managers seeking to improve the implementation of UIS as a means of achieving greater urban sustainability.
Yuli Bian; Liang Dong; Zhaowen Liu; Lezhu Zhang. A Sectoral Eco-Efficiency Analysis on Urban-Industrial Symbiosis. Sustainability 2020, 12, 3650 .
AMA StyleYuli Bian, Liang Dong, Zhaowen Liu, Lezhu Zhang. A Sectoral Eco-Efficiency Analysis on Urban-Industrial Symbiosis. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (9):3650.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuli Bian; Liang Dong; Zhaowen Liu; Lezhu Zhang. 2020. "A Sectoral Eco-Efficiency Analysis on Urban-Industrial Symbiosis." Sustainability 12, no. 9: 3650.
The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration is the most polluted area of smog in China. The latest studies have been focusing on the influencing factors on the BTH’s PM2.5 concentration in terms of industrial, social, and climatic conditions. However, the role of the urban forest system has not been thoroughly studied in air pollution control. This study focuses on the impact of forest city construction on BTH’s PM2.5 concentration. According to the theoretical framework of the STIRPAT model, we used the spatial Durbin model of bidirectional fixed effect to empirically test the correlation between the BTH’s PM2.5 concentration and the characteristic variables of forest cities. The research results show that improving urban green space, park green space, and investment of urban sanitation and environment facilities can reduce the PM2.5 concentration in the local and adjacent areas. This study proposes that the construction of forest cities should be further strengthened to alleviate urban air pollution in the BTH’s coordinated development and thus improve regional air quality.
Chang Xu; Liang Dong; Chang Yu; Yingjie Zhang; Baodong Cheng. Can forest city construction affect urban air quality? The evidence from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration of China. Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 264, 121607 .
AMA StyleChang Xu, Liang Dong, Chang Yu, Yingjie Zhang, Baodong Cheng. Can forest city construction affect urban air quality? The evidence from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration of China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020; 264 ():121607.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChang Xu; Liang Dong; Chang Yu; Yingjie Zhang; Baodong Cheng. 2020. "Can forest city construction affect urban air quality? The evidence from the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration of China." Journal of Cleaner Production 264, no. : 121607.
This study, conducted as a first try, explores the resource metabolism in three main economies in South Asia (in terms of both scale and growing rate of economy) namely Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, with a standard economy-wide material flow accounting approach using the most updated data from 1978 to 2017. In detail, resource consumption patterns, resource efficiency and productivity, trade related issues, as well as macro-policies affecting regional resource utilization were analyzed in-depth. Results highlighted that, in general, rapid consumption of imported resources, especially construction minerals, fossil fuels, and industrial minerals has emerged. Domestic material consumption per capita increased by 81%, 93% and 46% during 1978–2017 in the three countries, respectively, due to the living standards enhancement, improved urban infrastructure as well as rapid industrial development. With rapidly growing resource consumption, improvements in resource productivity were still low compared with mature economies like Japan and United States. It was 410.7 USD/t for Bangladesh, followed by India (358.7 USD/t) and Pakistan (275.0 USD/t), as of 2017. One critical finding was that resource intensive production (e.g., primary materials, textile and agricultural products etc.) was driving most of the bilateral trade among the three countries, which resulted in lower overall resource productivity. The other critical insight was the future increasing pressure on regional and global resource competition, according to the revealed rising inflow of foreign resources in the studied countries. Finally, the macro-policy analysis highlighted that the impacts of environmental protection and resource efficiency policies were far from enough. And, lower per capita GDP of this region was still a significant impediment for integrated environmental and resources management. Higher focus on resource productivity, from a policy perspective, on agricultural and industrial sectors is highly recommended to forward beneficial implications for the selected countries.
Izhar Hussain Shah; Liang Dong; Hung-Suck Park. Characterization of resource consumption and efficiency trends in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: Economy-wide biotic and abiotic material flow accounting from 1978 to 2017. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 250, 119554 .
AMA StyleIzhar Hussain Shah, Liang Dong, Hung-Suck Park. Characterization of resource consumption and efficiency trends in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: Economy-wide biotic and abiotic material flow accounting from 1978 to 2017. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 250 ():119554.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIzhar Hussain Shah; Liang Dong; Hung-Suck Park. 2019. "Characterization of resource consumption and efficiency trends in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: Economy-wide biotic and abiotic material flow accounting from 1978 to 2017." Journal of Cleaner Production 250, no. : 119554.
Yichen Wang; Junnian Song; Wei Yang; Liang Dong; Haiyan Duan. Unveiling the driving mechanism of air pollutant emissions from thermal power generation in China: A provincial-level spatiotemporal analysis. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 151, 1 .
AMA StyleYichen Wang, Junnian Song, Wei Yang, Liang Dong, Haiyan Duan. Unveiling the driving mechanism of air pollutant emissions from thermal power generation in China: A provincial-level spatiotemporal analysis. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 151 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYichen Wang; Junnian Song; Wei Yang; Liang Dong; Haiyan Duan. 2019. "Unveiling the driving mechanism of air pollutant emissions from thermal power generation in China: A provincial-level spatiotemporal analysis." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 151, no. : 1.
Some less developed regions in China like Jilin Province are still facing severe water pollution challenge, due to insufficient recognition of water pollutant discharge (WPD) features and ineffective regulations. In this study aided by input-output analysis, first, water pollutant footprint (WPF) of Jilin was accounted to clarify WPD distribution when meeting local final demand during 2002–2012. Then, total local WPD was investigated from both direct and embodied perspectives. Finally, structural decomposition analysis (SDA) was conducted to analyze the contributions of multiple drivers to changes in regional WPF and local embodied WPD. The results indicate that the regional WPF dominated by internal WPF (over 71%) decreased over 14%. The local embodied WPD mainly driven by exports (over 65%) increased then decreased to the original level. The volume of local embodied WPD was more than twice that of regional WPF induced by the export of tremendous products with intensive WPD. SDA reveals that direct WPD intensity was the principal contributor to offset both regional WPF and embodied WPD, followed by final demand structure that is moving towards a new pattern with less WPD induced. These effects succeeded in reversing the expansion of regional WPF and embodied WPD induced by the final demand volume effect and production structure effect. This study is an initial attempt on investigating region-specific WPD from multiple perspectives. The results offer insights for developing pertinent policies regarding technologies, structure, consumption and trade for regional water pollution control.
Wei Yang; Junnian Song; Hui Wang; Liang Dong. Insights into variations and determinants of water pollutant discharge in Jilin, China: Investigations from multiple perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 241, 118386 .
AMA StyleWei Yang, Junnian Song, Hui Wang, Liang Dong. Insights into variations and determinants of water pollutant discharge in Jilin, China: Investigations from multiple perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 241 ():118386.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei Yang; Junnian Song; Hui Wang; Liang Dong. 2019. "Insights into variations and determinants of water pollutant discharge in Jilin, China: Investigations from multiple perspectives." Journal of Cleaner Production 241, no. : 118386.
Emissions of NOx, a precursor to several atmospheric pollutants, are a crucial aspect of air pollution in China, which is closely related to its booming economy and high energy consumption. However, few studies explore the economic structure factors on NOx emissions from energy consumption, especially the spatial heterogeneity of economic drivers. To bridge the knowledge gap, this study adopts a structural decomposition analysis (SDA) to quantify and map the contributions of six drivers of China's NOx emissions from energy consumption (NEEC) between 2007 and 2012, which represent economic scale, economic structure, and energy consumption patterns. For China as a whole, the final demand scale and energy intensity factors increased NEEC, whereas economic structure factors showed an inhibiting effect. However, the change in provincial NEEC due to the production structure and product mix of the final demand varied in a large interval. A negative production structure accompanying a positive final demand product mix led to NEEC growth in metropolises like Beijing and Shanghai. Provincial disparities were dramatic within economic regions in eastern China, including the northwest, north coast, east coast, and south coast regions. These findings indicate that spatially differentiated economic structure and economic growth diversely featured the driving mechanism on provincial NOx emissions, which should be generally considered to make the different regional reduction policies in the future.
Shutong He; Liangzhen Zhao; Shihao Ding; Sai Liang; Liang Dong; Junfeng Wang; Yinchang Feng; Lingxuan Liu. Mapping economic drivers of China's NOx emissions due to energy consumption. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 241, 118130 .
AMA StyleShutong He, Liangzhen Zhao, Shihao Ding, Sai Liang, Liang Dong, Junfeng Wang, Yinchang Feng, Lingxuan Liu. Mapping economic drivers of China's NOx emissions due to energy consumption. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 241 ():118130.
Chicago/Turabian StyleShutong He; Liangzhen Zhao; Shihao Ding; Sai Liang; Liang Dong; Junfeng Wang; Yinchang Feng; Lingxuan Liu. 2019. "Mapping economic drivers of China's NOx emissions due to energy consumption." Journal of Cleaner Production 241, no. : 118130.
The increasing volume of Construction and demolition waste (CDW) associated with economic growth is posing challenges to the sustainable management of the built environment. The largest fraction of all the CDW generated in the member states of the European Union (EU) is End-of-life (EOL) concrete. The most widely applied method for EOL concrete recovery in Europe is road base backfilling, which is considered low-grade recovery. The common practice for high-grade recycling is wet process that processes and washes EOL concrete into clean coarse aggregate for concrete manufacturing. It is costly. As a result, a series of EU projects have been launched to advance the technologies for high value-added concrete recycling. A critical environmental and economic evaluation of such technological innovations is important to inform decision making, while there has been a lack of studies in this field. Hence the present study aimed to assess the efficiency of the technical innovations in high-grade concrete recycling, using an improved eco-efficiency analytical approach by integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC). Four systems of high-grade concrete recycling were analyzed for comparison: (i) business-as-usual (BAU) stationary wet processing; (ii) stationary advanced dry recovery (ADR); (iii) mobile ADR; (iv) mobile ADR and Heating Air Classification (A&H). An overarching framework was proposed for LCA/LCC-type eco-efficiency assessment conforming to ISO standards. The study found that technological routes that recycle on-site and produce high-value secondary products are most advantageous. Accordingly, policy recommendations are proposed to support the technological innovations of CDW management.
Chunbo Zhang; Mingming Hu; Liang Dong; Abraham Gebremariam; Brenda Miranda-Xicotencatl; Francesco Di Maio; Arnold Tukker. Eco-efficiency assessment of technological innovations in high-grade concrete recycling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 149, 649 -663.
AMA StyleChunbo Zhang, Mingming Hu, Liang Dong, Abraham Gebremariam, Brenda Miranda-Xicotencatl, Francesco Di Maio, Arnold Tukker. Eco-efficiency assessment of technological innovations in high-grade concrete recycling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 149 ():649-663.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChunbo Zhang; Mingming Hu; Liang Dong; Abraham Gebremariam; Brenda Miranda-Xicotencatl; Francesco Di Maio; Arnold Tukker. 2019. "Eco-efficiency assessment of technological innovations in high-grade concrete recycling." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 149, no. : 649-663.
Efficient energy recovery from burnable solid waste is considered an important component in a low-carbon society. Herein, we discuss the optimization of energy recovery from waste and how to reduce the environmental load of waste. First, we introduce the concept of upgrading waste-to-energy (WtE) processes to improve the exergy efficiency of society as a whole and provide guidance for selecting and combining the most appropriate technology for transforming waste-to-energy. We then propose a methodology called resource life-cycle assessment (LCA) that can be used to properly evaluate the effect of upgrading WtE processes and to optimize waste utilization not only within a given factory or municipality but also within society as a whole. Finally, we present two case studies with which we examine the direct and indirect upgrading of WtE processes and use resource LCA to quantitatively analyze the CO2 reduction achieved by upgrading WtE processes compared with that achieved by conventional WtE processes. The analysis of these case studies shows that upgrading WtE processes would result in approximately 50%–100% greater reduction in fossil fuel input compared with conventional waste power generation, which means that we expect a 50% to 100% greater reduction in CO2 emissions and the concomitant savings in fuel cost. The concept of upgrading WtE processes and resource LCA is useful for selecting a cost-effective option to improve the exergy efficiency both in developed countries and in developing countries, many of which need to contribute to their Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement.
Minoru Fujii; Yi Dou; Lu Sun; Satoshi Ohnishi; Seiya Maki; Huijuan Dong; Liang Dong; Remi Chandran. Contribution to a low-carbon society from improving exergy of waste-to-energy system by upgrading utilization of waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2019, 149, 586 -594.
AMA StyleMinoru Fujii, Yi Dou, Lu Sun, Satoshi Ohnishi, Seiya Maki, Huijuan Dong, Liang Dong, Remi Chandran. Contribution to a low-carbon society from improving exergy of waste-to-energy system by upgrading utilization of waste. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2019; 149 ():586-594.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinoru Fujii; Yi Dou; Lu Sun; Satoshi Ohnishi; Seiya Maki; Huijuan Dong; Liang Dong; Remi Chandran. 2019. "Contribution to a low-carbon society from improving exergy of waste-to-energy system by upgrading utilization of waste." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 149, no. : 586-594.
To promote sustainable urban development and green industrial process are critical solutions for sustainable and low-carbon society transition in China, considering the significant environmental impacts derived from the industrialization and surging urbanization. Under this background, China adopts top-down programs on smart cities and smart industrial parks to forward the above efforts. While practices and lessons from these programs will be valuable to enlighten other regions and practitioners, to date, rather few studies have paid attentions to this issue. Particularly, the emerging smart technologies strongly support the practice, via offering smart solutions like better renewable energy projection, low-carbon life styles transformation, as well as energy planning and management. However, there has been a lack of discussing their future role in-depth. With this circumstance, this paper conducts an integrated and in-depth review on China's promotion on smart cities and smart industrial parks. In detail, the national pilots, key technical innovations, incentives and policies framework, as well as spatial features were discussed in-depth. Particularly, we further explored how the smart solutions can contribute to better decision making on low-carbon urban and industrial system planning. Finally, we highlighted policy recommendations targeting on future smart cities and industrial parks promotion, focusing on the perspectives of technological and social system innovations, innovative decision support tools, and smart management framework. Our results expect to offer critical enlightenments for policy makers to address future concerns on smart cities and industrial parks promotion and management.
Yuanping Wang; Hong Ren; Liang Dong; Hung-Suck Park; Yuepeng Zhang; Yanwei Xu. Smart solutions shape for sustainable low-carbon future: A review on smart cities and industrial parks in China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 2019, 144, 103 -117.
AMA StyleYuanping Wang, Hong Ren, Liang Dong, Hung-Suck Park, Yuepeng Zhang, Yanwei Xu. Smart solutions shape for sustainable low-carbon future: A review on smart cities and industrial parks in China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2019; 144 ():103-117.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYuanping Wang; Hong Ren; Liang Dong; Hung-Suck Park; Yuepeng Zhang; Yanwei Xu. 2019. "Smart solutions shape for sustainable low-carbon future: A review on smart cities and industrial parks in China." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 144, no. : 103-117.
With the surging urbanization process and rapid economic growth in the service industry, carbon emissions released by the commercial building sector have become critical for China’s national action towards meeting the “Post Paris” mitigation target. This paper is the first to confirm whether carbon intensity in the commercial building sector decouples from the economic development in service industry via the decomposition and decoupling methods at both the scales of the nation and the top five urban agglomerations [Jing-Jin-Ji (JJJ), Yangtze-River-Delta (YRD), Pearl-River-Delta (PRD), Yangtze-River-Middle-Reach (YRMR), and Cheng-Yu (CY) urban agglomerations] in China during the 2000–2015 period. The key findings indicate the following. The nationwide decoupling status was weak from 2001–2005 and then strong from 2006–2015. At the scale of urban agglomeration, only four states were observed in the decoupling status, and the order of the decoupling statuses across the different urban agglomerations is as follows: JJJ > CY > YRD > PRD > YRMR (2001–2005), YRD > JJJ > PRD > CY > YRMR (2006–2010), and YRD > YRMR > JJJ > CY > PRD (2011–2015). The carbon Kuznets curves of the commercial building sector successfully reveal the causes of the different decoupling paths across different urban agglomerations. The growing decoupling effects can be attributed to the rapid development of energy conservation projects in the commercial building sector over the past decade. Overall, it is expected that our contribution covers the research gap of decoupling carbon intensity in the commercial building sector from economic growth in the service industry, and our efforts constitute a significant contribution to the analysis of the carbon emission peak in the Chinese commercial building sector.
Minda Ma; Wei Cai; Weiguang Cai; Liang Dong. Whether carbon intensity in the commercial building sector decouples from economic development in the service industry? Empirical evidence from the top five urban agglomerations in China. Journal of Cleaner Production 2019, 222, 193 -205.
AMA StyleMinda Ma, Wei Cai, Weiguang Cai, Liang Dong. Whether carbon intensity in the commercial building sector decouples from economic development in the service industry? Empirical evidence from the top five urban agglomerations in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2019; 222 ():193-205.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMinda Ma; Wei Cai; Weiguang Cai; Liang Dong. 2019. "Whether carbon intensity in the commercial building sector decouples from economic development in the service industry? Empirical evidence from the top five urban agglomerations in China." Journal of Cleaner Production 222, no. : 193-205.
The eco-industrial park (EIP), which aims to minimize by-product and unused energy via reuse and recycling within the industrial complex, offers an innovative pathway to realize regional eco-industrial development. As an environmental, as well as business, innovation, the EIP enables changing the perception of industries and create new business values via the whole supply chain, but such evidences have been less reported to date. As one of the world famous promoter on EIPs, the Republic of Korea (ROK) initiated a national EIP project to enhance its competitiveness and solve environmental problems. While the existing literature reviewed and highlighted its economic outcomes in terms of direct performances of firms within the project, the indirect impacts on the supply chain of national economy were less investigated. Within this circumstance, this study performed a first attempt to apply an input-output analysis (IOA) to investigate the effects of the EIP project on the whole economic system of Korea, via an exogenous specification of the EIP sector in the input-output tables (IOTs). General economic effects in terms of value-added change, employment generation, as well as specific effects like the inducement effects and effects of supply shortage and price pervasiveness were evaluated based on the IOA approach (including demand-driven, supply-driven, and Leontief price models). Results highlighted that, from the supply chain perspective, implementing the EIP project made production and value-added grow by around 1264 billion KRW and 272 billion KRW, respectively (with a unit induction coefficient of 1.6201 and 0.3489 for production and value-added). While generating a direct employment around 1000, an indirect employment was also created of over 5000 persons in the whole supply chain (with an employment inducement effect of 6.4512 persons per 1 billion KRW investment). The production shortage cost from 1 KRW of supply failure is 1.1230 KRW. In summary, EIP was proved to be not environmentally friendly, but also a driver to improve the overall economic performance of upstream and downstream industries in the whole supply chain. As a first attempt to link IOA with EIP, the results of this paper are expected to enlighten policy-makers to forward continued improvement on EIP promotion and combine the EIP idea within national economic system reform and planning.
Hyeong-Woo Kim; Liang Dong; Seok Jung; Hung-Suck Park. The Role of the Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) at the National Economy: An Input-Output Analysis on Korea. Sustainability 2018, 10, 4545 .
AMA StyleHyeong-Woo Kim, Liang Dong, Seok Jung, Hung-Suck Park. The Role of the Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) at the National Economy: An Input-Output Analysis on Korea. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (12):4545.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHyeong-Woo Kim; Liang Dong; Seok Jung; Hung-Suck Park. 2018. "The Role of the Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) at the National Economy: An Input-Output Analysis on Korea." Sustainability 10, no. 12: 4545.
As the most important form of power generation accounting for around 75% in Chinese power generation structure, thermal power generation is emitting multiple air pollutants, leading to serious environmental impairments and human health issues. An investigation of trends in regional features of pollutant emission and control cost is critical to better decision makings. By integrating GAINS-China model and spatial autocorrelation analysis, this study estimates and analyzes air pollutant (SO2 and NOx) emission, mitigation potential and control cost of thermal power generation in China's 31 regions from 2015 to 2030. The Business-as-Usual Scenario and Policy-Reinforced Scenario are set for comparison to quantify the effects of increasingly reinforced national emission control policies. The results show that up to 2030, with reinforced control policies and implementation of more abatement technologies, obvious mitigation effects of SO2 and NOx emission can be recognized. The regions with huge mitigation potential and higher total control cost are mainly located in the eastern coastal regions with higher gross domestic product and more power generation (such as Zhejiang, Shandong, and Jiangsu), as well as in the regions with abundant energy reserve and tremendous power supplied to other regions (such as Inner Mongolia and Shanxi). The spatial autocorrelation analysis verifies that there is significant regional disparity, as well as agglomeration effects of pollutant emission of thermal power generation. The results presented by this study are expected to provide policy makers with reference when formulating emission control policies and regional goals for thermal power generation.
Yang Pu; Junnian Song; Liang Dong; Wei Yang; Shuo Wang; Xian'en Wang. Estimating mitigation potential and cost for air pollutants of China's thermal power generation: A GAINS-China model-based spatial analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 211, 749 -764.
AMA StyleYang Pu, Junnian Song, Liang Dong, Wei Yang, Shuo Wang, Xian'en Wang. Estimating mitigation potential and cost for air pollutants of China's thermal power generation: A GAINS-China model-based spatial analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; 211 ():749-764.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang Pu; Junnian Song; Liang Dong; Wei Yang; Shuo Wang; Xian'en Wang. 2018. "Estimating mitigation potential and cost for air pollutants of China's thermal power generation: A GAINS-China model-based spatial analysis." Journal of Cleaner Production 211, no. : 749-764.
An accurate modeling of urban CO2 emissions is important for understanding the dynamics of carbon cycle and for designing low-carbon policies. We develop an improved nightlight-based method to model urban CO2 emissions and investigate their spatiotemporal patterns. Differing from the previous methods, in processing the pre-modeling data, we bring forward the existing CO2 inventories from national and provincial levels to city level, and correct the saturation and blooming problems of nightlight. In modeling the correlation between nightlight and statistically accounted CO2 emissions, we highlight a panel-data regression analysis that considers the spatiotemporal heterogeneity across cities and over time simultaneously. Eleven cities in Yangtze River Delta of China were selected for a case study testing our method. The internal and external validations have proven the predominance of our proposed method for capturing the nightlight-CO2 correlation, and for describing the spatial distribution and heterogeneity of urban CO2 emissions.
Ji Han; Xing Meng; Hanwei Liang; Zhi Cao; Liang Dong; Cheng Huang. An improved nightlight-based method for modeling urban CO2 emissions. Environmental Modelling & Software 2018, 107, 307 -320.
AMA StyleJi Han, Xing Meng, Hanwei Liang, Zhi Cao, Liang Dong, Cheng Huang. An improved nightlight-based method for modeling urban CO2 emissions. Environmental Modelling & Software. 2018; 107 ():307-320.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJi Han; Xing Meng; Hanwei Liang; Zhi Cao; Liang Dong; Cheng Huang. 2018. "An improved nightlight-based method for modeling urban CO2 emissions." Environmental Modelling & Software 107, no. : 307-320.
District heating systems using cogeneration technology and renewable resources are considered as an effective approach to resources conservation and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, widespread aging and depopulation problems, as well as the popularization of energy-saving technologies in buildings, are estimated to greatly decrease energy consumption, leading to inefficiency in district heating and barriers to technology proliferation. From a long-term perspective, land use changes, especially the progression of compact city plans, have the potential to offset the decrement in energy consumption that maintains the efficiency of district heating systems. An integrated model is developed in this paper based on building cohort analysis to evaluate the economic feasibility and environmental impact of introducing district heating systems to a long-term compact city plan. As applied to a case in the Soma Region of Fukushima, Japan, potential migration from the suburbs to the central station districts is simulated, where district heating based on gas-fired cogeneration is expected to be introduced. The results indicate that guided migration to produce concentrated centers of population can substantially increase the heat demand density, which supports a wider application of district heating systems and better low-carbon performance. These results are further discussed in relation to technology innovation and related policies. It is concluded that policies related to urban land use planning and energy management should be integrated and quantitatively evaluated over the long-term with the aim of supporting urban low-carbon sustainable development.
Yi Dou; Keijiro Okuoka; Minoru Fujii; Hiroki Tanikawa; Tsuyoshi Fujita; Takuya Togawa; Liang Dong. Proliferation of district heating using local energy resources through strategic building-stock management: A case study in Fukushima, Japan. Frontiers in Energy 2018, 12, 411 -425.
AMA StyleYi Dou, Keijiro Okuoka, Minoru Fujii, Hiroki Tanikawa, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Takuya Togawa, Liang Dong. Proliferation of district heating using local energy resources through strategic building-stock management: A case study in Fukushima, Japan. Frontiers in Energy. 2018; 12 (3):411-425.
Chicago/Turabian StyleYi Dou; Keijiro Okuoka; Minoru Fujii; Hiroki Tanikawa; Tsuyoshi Fujita; Takuya Togawa; Liang Dong. 2018. "Proliferation of district heating using local energy resources through strategic building-stock management: A case study in Fukushima, Japan." Frontiers in Energy 12, no. 3: 411-425.
Hyeong-Woo Kim; Liang Dong; Angelo Earvin Choi; Minoru Fujii; Tsuyoshi Fujita; Hung-Suck Park. Co-benefit potential of industrial and urban symbiosis using waste heat from industrial park in Ulsan, Korea. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2018, 135, 225 -234.
AMA StyleHyeong-Woo Kim, Liang Dong, Angelo Earvin Choi, Minoru Fujii, Tsuyoshi Fujita, Hung-Suck Park. Co-benefit potential of industrial and urban symbiosis using waste heat from industrial park in Ulsan, Korea. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2018; 135 ():225-234.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHyeong-Woo Kim; Liang Dong; Angelo Earvin Choi; Minoru Fujii; Tsuyoshi Fujita; Hung-Suck Park. 2018. "Co-benefit potential of industrial and urban symbiosis using waste heat from industrial park in Ulsan, Korea." Resources, Conservation and Recycling 135, no. : 225-234.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are limited in their ability to measure progress towards environmental sustainability especially at the city level. The aim of this paper is to provide insights into an integrated assessment of urban sustainability, with emphasis on the significance of the maintenance of natural capital stocks. The use of water and land as critical natural capital in Guiyang, a southeast city in China was investigated by bringing together the ecological footprint (EF), water footprint (WF) and corresponding capacity indicators into an improved three-dimensional (i3D) model. Results showed that Guiyang has long been operating in a state of overshoot due to shortage of annual natural capital flows and accumulated depletion of stocks. This is particularly true for land use, whose stocks maintained a relatively stable level of depletion between 2000 and 2014. As of 2014, an EF depth of 6.45 was accumulated. With respect to water use, a shift in the city's role from creditor to debtor was observed in 2004. Industrial use of natural capital has more than tripled over the past 15 years and replaced agriculture to be the main driver of water unsustainability. Overall, Guiyang's economic growth did not show signs of decoupling from the EF and WF. These findings highlight the need for effective policies that would help Guiyang reduce dependency on the use of critical natural capital. Finally, this paper provided an in-depth discussion of the methodological strengths and limitations of the i3D model and concluded that it is able to track the structural and characteristic dynamics of both flows and stocks while avoiding burden shifting across various components within single forms of natural capital from a strong sustainability perspective. Our study enhances understanding of the critical role of natural capital in ensuring urban sustainability and improving human welfare in connection with SDGs.
Kai Fang; QiFeng Zhang; Huajun Yu; Yutao Wang; Liang Dong; Lei Shi. Sustainability of the use of natural capital in a city: Measuring the size and depth of urban ecological and water footprints. Science of The Total Environment 2018, 631-632, 476 -484.
AMA StyleKai Fang, QiFeng Zhang, Huajun Yu, Yutao Wang, Liang Dong, Lei Shi. Sustainability of the use of natural capital in a city: Measuring the size and depth of urban ecological and water footprints. Science of The Total Environment. 2018; 631-632 ():476-484.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKai Fang; QiFeng Zhang; Huajun Yu; Yutao Wang; Liang Dong; Lei Shi. 2018. "Sustainability of the use of natural capital in a city: Measuring the size and depth of urban ecological and water footprints." Science of The Total Environment 631-632, no. : 476-484.