Total factor productivity of land urbanization under carbon emission constraints

A case study of Chengyu urban agglomeration in China

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ID15067073
AutoresAihui Ma (Sichuan University, autor de correspondencia), Yu Wu (0000-0002-1537-5492, Sichuan University)
Año2022
Volumen35
Número1
Páginas4481-4499
Fecha de publicación2022-12-31
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEconomic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1331-677X • E-ISSN: 1848-9664
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1331677x.2021.2013280
OpenAlexW4206392546
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas55

In consideration of energy and environmental inefficiency brought about by urban construction, sustainable urbanization has become a hot issue in recent years. In the process of land urbanization, the source of economic growth can be attributed to technical progress and efficiency improvement. To explore the driving factors of land urbanization efficiency and its dynamic changes, the total factor productivity (TFP) and its components of land urbanization was introduced. The spatial-temporal variations of land urbanization of Chengyu urban agglomeration in Western China were estimated by using the Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) productivity index with undesirable output in this study. Results demonstrate that: (1) the average TFP of land urbanization (LUTFP) of Chengyu urban agglomeration in China over time with carbon emissions (1.029) is 1.2 percent lower than that without carbon emissions (1.041). Furthermore, the LUTFP with CO 2 emissions is lower than the LUTFP without CO 2 , demonstrating that land urbanization generates social and economic benefits at the cost of resource consumption. (2) LUTFP of Chengyu urban agglomeration under carbon emission constraints presents a generally rising trend in the past ten years and technical progress is the major source of such growth. Efficiency has become a major barrier against the improvement of productivity. (3) LUTFP indexes in Chongqing City and Chengdu plain economic region are generally higher than those of the south and northeast Sichuan economic zones. However, LUTFP of different cities tends to be in equilibrium gradually

Agricultural economics · China · Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economies of agglomeration · Geography · Inefficiency · Land use · Natural resource economics · Productivity · Total factor productivity · Urban agglomeration · Urbanization · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science