Urbanization, sustainability and the utilization of energy and mineral resources in China

Society: Realizing China's urban dream

“…Building and operating growing cities requires materials and energy, but the demand for some of these will exceed the country's supply capacity 3 . And daunting environmental and social challenges caused by past urbanization need to be avoided.…”

Does urbanization cause increasing energy demand in Pakistan? Empirical evidence from STIRPAT model

“…All these factors add in energy demand. Likewise, Shen et al [14] unveiled that supply of resources i.e. Cement, steel, aluminum and coal and the demand of timber, cement and steel, lead the process of urbanization which increases industrialization and modernization and, in resulting energy demand is increased.…”

Analysis on major drivers of cement consumption during the urbanization process in China

“…The only way forward for China is to alter its resource and environmental policies so as to sustain its future urbanization and modernization (Shen et al, 2005). Therefore, green building material and resource-saving concepts should be advocated, which further lead to less cement consumption as well as other nonrenewable resources.…”

“…Due to the energy-intensive and materialintensive characteristic of cement products, the consumption of cement during the urbanization is blamed for anthropogenic environment impact, either for unsustainable resource use (Zhu et al, 2014) or greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions (Ali et al, 2011). Apparently, if the construction and economic development continue in an extensive mode, China will inevitably face a shortage of domestic resource supplies and environmental challenges (Shen et al, 2005). Since great cement consumption has induced serious resource and environmental challenge for sustainable development, it is imperative to curb excessive cement demand.…”