Title of Article: Spatial Variation and Distribution of Urban Energy Consumptions from Cities in China.


Source of Article:Energies (19961073); Jan2011, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p26-38, 13p, 2 Charts, 4 Graphs, 3 Maps. 

AUTHORS:
Lixiao Zhang¹ zhanglixiao@bnu.edu.cnZhifeng Yang¹ zfyang@bnu.edu.cnJing Liang² ljzzu@yahoo.com.cnYanpeng Cai³ yanpeng.cai@iseis.org

 Cite in MLA Style:Energies (19961073); Jan2011, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p26-38, 13p, 2 Charts, 4 Graphs, 3 Maps: 

"Summary  about spatial variation and distribution of urban energy consumptions from cities in China."

China  has  big diversity in natural , geographical conditions, population density and energy consumption patterns.Also china has a  quick discrepancy of economic development between china’s urban and rural areas, leading to corresponding differences in economic production and energy consumption therefore, a dual structure has been formed in the consume of energy resources in china,in which the majority of energy is used by cities.Urban residents consume a lot of energy  consumption.therefore  it is certainly that  urban energy plays an  important role in china’s energy consumption.urban energy would be  of great significance in achieving the country’s national targets such as energy security and climate  change impact mitigation.For now the previous studies focused on national energy system said that there has been a great  lack in reports on energy consumption patterns in Chinese cities.

 This article is  based  in a research so china has initiated a number of measures and   some strategies  to facilitate the identification of optimal energy  structures in most Chinese cities , with the purpose of know which cities  have better structures.because of economic diversities it is normally unreasonable to put  forward  the same target of reducing  energy consumption for all of the cities. An investigation of spatial variance in energy consumptions  in the entire country are thus necessary to facilitate the restructure energy system in many cities in order to improve energy security, reduce energy induced air pollution and GHG  emission. But in this article  the main objective  of this article  is to investigate and analyze  the spatial characteristics of energy consumption patterns.

To conclude this article and the research  made the 30 provincial capital cities of mainland china were adopted as case  cities to make  analysis of spatial characteristics of urban energy systems regard to energy consumption scale, structure and efficiency.the high diversities  and large spatial variances  with regard to scale , structure and efficiency are the indicators associated with urban energy consumption.cites with the highest total energy consumptions are mostly distributed in economic developed-regions as Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan area,Yangtze river delta and pearl river delta of china. The three Chinese economy_ zones  east, middle and west    the within group differences are the dominant factor  that contribute to the overall  variance for all the indicators of scale  efficiency and structure.Also the framework  of urban energy management is from top to bottom and based on administrative divisions. This is mainly  about what the article talks.


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    Spatial Variation and Distribution of Urban Energy Consumptions from Cities in China.

Spatial Variation and Distribution of Urban Energy Consumptions from Cities in China.