Forecasting Carbon Emissions by Considering the Joint Influences of Urban Form and Socioeconomic Development—An Empirical Study in Guangdong, China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22031284 |
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| Authors | Zhijie Rao (Guangzhou University), Jiapei Li (0000-0002-8720-6022, Guangzhou University), Jinyao Lin (0000-0001-5048-6510, Guangzhou University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 270 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2220-9964 • E-ISSN: 2220-9964 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijgi14070270 |
| OpenAlex | W4412175188 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 89 |
Carbon emission forecasting is a critical step in addressing climate change and effective environmental management. However, previous studies have concentrated mainly on socioeconomic factors, with less attention directed toward the significant impact of urban form. To address the shortcomings of previous studies, this study introduced three types of landscape indices that can characterize urban form and combined them with conventional socioeconomic factors to create a new carbon emission forecasting method. The enhanced STIRPAT and PLUS models were employed to forecast future changes in various socioeconomic factors and urban form, with the aim of forecasting carbon emissions in 21 cities of Guangdong during 2025–2060. The results confirm that urban form has an obvious influence on carbon emissions. In comparison to the baseline model, which considered only socioeconomic factors, the incorporation of urban form into the carbon emission forecast resulted in a reduction in the mean absolute percentage error from 7.16% to 6.18%. Moreover, carbon emissions were found to be positively correlated with GDP per capita, energy intensity, permanent population, share of secondary sector, LSI, and PLADJ but negatively correlated with PD. Furthermore, Guangdong will not be able to accomplish its “carbon peaking” objective around 2030, except in a low-carbon situation. Our proposed method could enhance the rationality of carbon emission forecasting, thereby providing a reasonable decision-making basis for low-carbon management
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