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An Empirical Analysis on Correlation between Carbon Emission and Urban Spatial Structure

도시공간구조와 탄소배출량간 상관관계 실증 분석

  • Ryu, Yoon-Jin (Department of U-City Design and Engineering, SungKyunKwan University) ;
  • Sohn, Se-Hyoung (Department of Architecture, SungKyunKwan University) ;
  • Kim, Do-Nyun (Department of U-City Design and Engineering, SungKyunKwan University)
  • Received : 2011.12.01
  • Accepted : 2012.05.29
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

The government is carrying forward a sustainable development which reduces green-house gas and environmental pollution by preparing 'Low Carbon Green Development' policy basis as a new paradigm of national development. This study aims to understand the status of atmosphere contamination which Seoul has by finding correlation among social, economical indexes and carbon, the humanities and social characteristic materials which best express types of city and correlation and to suggest implications. According to the results of the analysis, first the carbon emission volume of Seoul recorded 0.56 ppm, Jongno, Jung-Gu, Kuro, Kangnam and Songpa were more than the average of Seoul and Kwangjin-Gu & Kangbuk-Gu, relative north east regions, Yeongdeungpo-Gu and Dongjak-Gu, south west regions showed lower CO occurrences. Second, according to the correlation and factor analysis, elements which affect CO emission volume of Seoul are largely represented by regional level, traffic level and development density level. Third, when the importance of influence factors based on the analyzed standard coefficient by a regression model, traffic and development density level were most important by recording traffic level (0.967), environmental level (0.385), regional level (0.530) and development density (0.561). Consequently, it was revealed that the traffic level most affected CO emission.

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