Promoting or inhibiting? New-type urbanization and urban carbon emissions efficiency in China

Research on the Spatial Effect and Threshold Characteristics of New-Type Urbanization on Carbon Emissions in China’s Construction Industry

“…And H1 was tested. Contrary to the findings of some studies in that new-type urbanization can promote carbon emission efficiency [31,62], this paper found that new-type urbanization still has a positive effect on carbon emissions from the construction industry at this stage. The reason is that the promotion of urbanization in the region has triggered the demand for residential housing, industrial upgrading and expansion, and equalization of social services, which require the gradual improvement of infrastructure to promote the rapid development of the construction industry.…”

“…There are also linear and nonlinear aspects of research on new-type urbanization on energy consumption and carbon emissions. As for linear aspects, on the one hand, some studies conclude that newtype urbanization will still make a significant contribution to carbon emissions, because new-type urbanization is in the initial stage of low-carbon economic transformation, and its green and low-carbon features are not yet fully apparent for carbon emission reduction [61]; on the other hand, some studies show that new-type urbanization can promote the enhancement of the efficiency of carbon emissions through the urban agglomeration effect [31,62]. In addition, some scholars have explored the nonlinear relationship between the two through the EKC model [32,61], the threshold model [30], and the nonparametric additive model [63].…”

“…New-type urbanization affects construction carbon emissions by influencing population migration, industrial development, urban construction, and ecological protection [12,53,62]. (1) New-type urbanization leads to massive rural-urban migration through the promotion of population urbanization, which increases carbon emissions from the demand for more buildings and infrastructure [64].…”

“…The agglomeration of the urban population improves the efficiency of energy use in areas such as public transportation, improves the consumption structure and consumer attitudes of residents. It promotes cleaner and more environmentally friendly consumption as well as energy conservation and emission reduction, among other things, in order to reduce the intensity of carbon emissions [62].…”

“…The transformation and development of industry requires public buildings as space carriers, resulting in an accretion in carbon emissions from the construction industry. In the meantime, urbanization promotes the gathering of factors and the development of science and technology, which makes it possible to realize clean production and carbon emission reduction in the construction industry [24,62].…”