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Spatial Differentiation and Dynamic Evolution of Carbon Emis-Sions from Animal Husbandry: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China

Version 1 : Received: 27 February 2024 / Approved: 27 February 2024 / Online: 28 February 2024 (04:42:36 CET)

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Wei, C.; Sha, Y.; Hou, Y.; Li, J.; Qu, Y. Spatial-Temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Animal Husbandry Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3640. Wei, C.; Sha, Y.; Hou, Y.; Li, J.; Qu, Y. Spatial-Temporal Evolution and Influencing Factors of Animal Husbandry Carbon Emissions: A Case Study of Shandong Province, China. Sustainability 2024, 16, 3640.

Abstract

Livestock farming plays a crucial role in agriculture and is important in meeting people's needs for a better life in the new era. However, due to China's "double carbon" target, the development of animal husbandry has been affected by the level of carbon emissions. To study the spatial dis-tribution and dynamic evolution of livestock carbon emissions in Shandong Province, we used panel data from 16 prefecture-level cities in Shandong Province from 2001 to 2022 to determine the spatial differentiation of livestock carbon emissions in Shandong Province and their dynamic evolution by combining spatial and non-parametric estimation methods based on livestock carbon emissions and livestock emission intensity measured by city. The results of the study show that the distribution of carbon emissions from animal husbandry in Shandong Province is in a "dis-persed-aggregated" pattern, and the intensity of carbon emissions shows a gradual downward trend, with a ladder-like distribution characterized by high in the west and low in the east. Through the analysis of the dynamic evolution of nuclear density, we observe that the regional differences of animal husbandry carbon emissions in Shandong Province are expanding, showing the characteristics of polarization. The difference of carbon emissions in the peninsula is gradually narrowing, and the phenomenon of polarization is weakening. The carbon emissions of animal husbandry in the central and western regions of Shandong are polarized.

Keywords

animal husbandry; carbon emission; spatial differentiation; dynamic evolution

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Environmental Science

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