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- Title
The impacts of migrant workers consumption on energy use and CO emissions in China.
- Authors
Fan, Jing-Li; Liao, Hua; Tang, Bao-Jun; Pan, Su-Yan; Yu, Hao; Wei, Yi-Ming
- Abstract
China has a large number of rural-urban migrant workers in the 'semi-urban' states, and their consumption pattern differs from that of rural residents and urban residents. To ensure that society develops sustainably and stably, it is necessary to be concerned about the issues of migrant workers. Based on the data gathered and processed, this paper focuses on the impacts of the consumption of China's migrant workers on energy use and CO emissions using the input-output method. The results show that: the living conditions, health care and allocation of educational resources have not been effectively ensured for migrant workers. The total CO emission per capita of migrant workers is relatively low, at two-thirds of the national average and less than one-third that of urban residents. Marginal energy consumption and marginal carbon emission coefficients of migrant workers are slightly lower than the national average level, at 4.9 tce (tonne of standard coal equivalent) per million yuan and 11.6 t CO per million yuan lower than those of urban residents. The sectors of food manufacture, and production and distribution of electricity make the greatest contributions to the total carbon emissions of migrant workers, at up to 36.3 %. The citizenization of migrant workers will lead to an increase of 272 million tons of CO emissions of primary energy, and the top ten sectors, led by the sectors of electricity production and distribution, and health, will produce more than 60 % of the total increase in carbon emissions. With the acceleration of urbanization and citizenization, the total carbon emissions embodied in the consumption of migrant workers are likely to rise. Further efforts are required to control and reduce the indirect carbon emission, such as by improving energy price mechanism and optimization of the power structure.
- Subjects
CHINA; RURAL-urban migration; ELECTRIC power consumption; EMISSIONS (Air pollution); CARBON monoxide &; the environment; MIGRANT labor
- Publication
Natural Hazards, 2016, Vol 81, Issue 2, p725
- ISSN
0921-030X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11069-015-2103-1