Journal
ENERGY
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 294-303Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.12.041
Keywords
Co-reduction; Structural decomposition analysis; Socioeconomic drivers; Air pollutions; Metropolis
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41371528]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2011BAK21B00]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Environmental Quality
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It is critical to alleviate problems of energy and air pollutants emissions in the metropolis because these areas serve as economic engines and have large and dense populations. Drivers of fossil fuel use and air pollutants emissions were analyzed in metropolis of Beijing during 1997-2010. The analyses were conducted from both a bottom-up and a top-down perspective based on the sectoral inventories and structural decomposition analysis (SDA). From a bottom-up perspective, the key energy-intensive industrial sectors directly caused the variations in Beijing's air pollution by means of a series of energy and economic policies. From a top-down perspective, variations in production structures caused increases in most materials during 2000-2010, but there were decreases in PM10 and PM2.5 emissions during 2005-2010. Population growth was found to be the largest driver of energy consumption and air pollutants emissions during 1997-2010. This finding suggests that avoiding rapid population growth in Beijing could simultaneously control energy consumptions and air pollutants emissions. Mitigation policies should consider not only the key industrial sectors but also socioeconomic drivers to co-reduce energy consumption and air pollutions in China's metropolis. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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