Industrial Engineering Journal ›› 2014, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (3): 68-72.

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The Decoupling Relationship Between Carbon Emissions and Economic Growth of Construction Industry in Shaanxi Province

  

  1. School of Management, Xi′an University of Architecture & Technology, Xi′an 710055, China
  • Online:2014-06-30 Published:2014-07-14

Abstract: Based on the data of energy consumption and economic growth situation of construction industry in Shaanxi Province in recent years, energy consumption is firstly converted into carbon emissions and secondly, energy consumption built as the intermediate variable relation of cause and effect chain, combined with the decoupling theory to analyze the relationship between construction of carbon emissions and economic growth in Shaanxi Province. The result shows that the relationship is coupled by the transition to a relative decoupling, the decoupling degree is insufficient. Finally, some suggestions are put forward for the low carbon development in Shaanxi Province, aiming at providing reference for the development of construction industry in a more intensive way.

Key words: construction industry, carbon emissions, economic growth, decoupling