Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment ›› 2017, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 792-799.doi: 10.11934/j.issn.1673-4831.2017.09.004

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Variations of Focus of Carbon Emission and Foci of Economy Development in Hunan Province Since 2008 and Their Correlation Analysis.

LIU Xian-zhao, GAO Chang-chun, HAN Yong-shun, CHEN Xin-bao, ZHANG Yong, SONG Yan   

  1. School of Resource, Environment and Safety Engineering, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201, China
  • Received:2016-11-15 Online:2017-09-25 Published:2017-09-25

Abstract:

Based on the data of end-point energy consumption and economic development of 14 cities in Hunan Province from 2008 to 2014, a focus model was used to work out coordinates of the focus of carbon emission (FCE) and foci of the economy development (FED) for analysis of dynamics of FCE and FED from the angle of evolvement path, direction of the move, distance of the move and spatial correlation. Results show that:With the geometric center of Hunan Province as reference, FCE appeared to be a long strip going from east to west in the eastern part of the province, while FED did in coacervate in the northeastern part of the province; Both FCE and FED moved apparently by stage, but they did not have much correlation between the two either longitudinally or latitudinally; However, the move of the former was relatively simple and explicit in trajectory; FCE as a whole moved northwestwardly, while FED did southwestwardly. Deviation of the two occurred mainly latitudinally, and FED varied more drastically than FCE mainly longitudinally, but the two tended to be balanced in spatial distribution, which suggested that the imbalance between economic development and carbon emission in the province is mainly caused by the laltitudinal movement of FCE and FED; The manifestation of the relationships between carbon emission and economic development and their interaction varied sharply between cities in Hunan, indicating that the effect of economic growth on carbon emissions varied with region.

Key words: focus model, focus of carbon emission, focus of economic development, Hunan Province

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