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- Title
The Relationship between Urbanization, Economic Growth and Energy Consumption in China: An Econometric Perspective Analysis.
- Authors
Yabo Zhao; Shaojian Wang
- Abstract
To improve education regarding sustainability and green buildings, we designed a multiplayer (2-4 people) green building strategy game called GBGame to deliver knowledge of and introduce applied technologies for green buildings. To verify the game's learning effect, we conducted separate measurements using the ARCS motivation model and a paper-based exam among 72 students majoring in architecture. These students were divided into an experimental group (who played the game) and a control group (who underwent lecture-based instruction). Results indicate that (1) game players had stronger learning motivation than those who attended the lectures; (2) players who learned through the game generally exhibited better learning effectiveness than non-players; (3) following cross-validation, we discovered a highly significant correlation between the learning effect and players' attention, perception of relevance, confidence, and satisfaction during the game; and (4) the game system was found to be attractive to the students, implying that it can be an effective instructional and recreational material to use during green building education. impact of urbanization on economic growth seem to be rather marginal. Moreover, Granger causality results reveal that there is a bi-directional Granger causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth, and unidirectional causality running from urbanization to energy consumption and economic growth to urbanization. The findings have important implications for Chinese policymakers that on the path towards a sustainable society, the effects of urbanization and economic growth on energy consumption must be taken into consideration.
- Subjects
CHINA; URBANIZATION; ENERGY consumption; ECONOMIC development
- Publication
Sustainability (2071-1050), 2015, Vol 7, Issue 5, p5609
- ISSN
2071-1050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/su7055609