eprintid: 14202 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 353 dir: disk0/00/01/42/02 datestamp: 2017-01-02 07:35:11 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:28:20 status_changed: 2017-01-02 07:35:11 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Yu, Y. creators_name: Zhou, L. creators_name: Zhou, W. creators_name: Ren, H. creators_name: Kharrazi, A. creators_name: Ma, T. creators_name: Zhu, B. creators_id: 8433 creators_id: 8681 creators_id: 1804 creators_id: 7782 creators_orcid: 0000-0002-5881-2568 creators_orcid: 0000-0002-2890-7523 title: Decoupling environmental pressure from economic growth on city level: The Case Study of Chongqing in China ispublished: pub divisions: prog_asa divisions: prog_ene divisions: prog_tnt keywords: Decoupling; Environmental pressure; Chongqing; Index decomposition analysis abstract: As cities represent the microcosms of global environmental change, it is very important for the global sustainable development by decoupling environmental pressure from economic growth on city level. In this paper, the municipality of Chongqing in China is employed as a case to show whether the decoupling of environmental pressures from economic growth has occurred in cities undergoing rapid economic growth; what is the level of decoupling; and what causes the observed degree of decoupling. Results show the following. (1) During the period of 1999–2010, decoupling from economic growth has been absolute for the emissions of SO2, soot, and waste water, while it has been relative for total energy consumption, emissions of CO2 and solid waste. (2) Compared with the period 2000–2005, decoupling level improved for all the six environmental pressures in the period 2005–2010. (3) Compared with China and other three municipalities of China, the overall decoupling level of Chongqing is above China’s average while below those of Beijing and Shanghai. (4) During the period 1999–2000, technological change was the dominate factor for decoupling Chongqing’s environmental pressure from economic growth, as it contributed 131.4%, 134.6%, 99.9%, 97.7%, 104.5% and 54.9% to the decoupling of total energy consumption, emissions of CO2, SO2, soot, waste water and solid waste, respectively; while economic structural change had very tiny effect to the decoupling of emissions of soot and SO2, and it even had negative effect to that of total energy consumption, and emissions of CO2 and waste water. Based on the above observations, we explain the difference in decoupling levels for different environmental pressures and suggest approaches for policy-makers on further promoting decoupling environmental pressure from economic growth. date: 2017-04 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier id_number: doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.12.027 creators_browse_id: 2890 creators_browse_id: 153 creators_browse_id: 191 creators_browse_id: 345 full_text_status: public publication: Ecological Indicators volume: 75 pagerange: 27-35 refereed: TRUE issn: 1470-160X coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_project: no fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Yu, Y., Zhou, L., Zhou, W. , Ren, H., Kharrazi, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5881-2568 , Ma, T. , & Zhu, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2890-7523 (2017). Decoupling environmental pressure from economic growth on city level: The Case Study of Chongqing in China. Ecological Indicators 75 27-35. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.12.027 . document_url: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14202/1/Postprint-Decoupling%20environmental%20pressure%20from%20economic%20growth%20on%20city%20level.pdf