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Impact of municipal sustainability policy efforts on citywide CO2 emissions - Case study of cities in the USA -

지방정부의 지속가능도시를 위한 정책적 노력이 도시 내 CO2 배출량에 미치는 영향 - 미국 도시들을 사례로 -

  • Park, Jin Han (Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University) ;
  • Kim, Songyi (Tourism Industry Research Division, Korea Culture & Tourism Institute)
  • Received : 2018.07.17
  • Accepted : 2018.10.22
  • Published : 2018.11.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of municipal sustainability policy efforts on citywide $CO_2$ emissions. 25 cities in the U.S.A., which offer data on $CO_2$ emissions and are included in the top 50 largest cities in the U.S.A. according to its estimated population, were selected as study cities. This study utilizes the Sustainable Cities Seriously Index of Portney and selects data for the index at the city level. For analysis, this study employs correlation analysis, and OLS regression analysis. The results show that each city has around 30 sustainability policies and emits $12.76tCO_2$ per year on average. In addition, when the number of sustainability policies increases by one, the amount of $CO_2$ per capita decreases by $0.7tCO_2$. This means that the more cities employ sustainability policies, the less $CO_2$ those cities emit. The results of this study support the idea that active efforts on behalf of municipal governments toward the development of sustainability policies are needed to handle citywide $CO_2$ emissions.

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