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http://dx.doi.org/10.5572/KOSAE.2011.27.2.225

A Study on Greenhouse Gas Emission Characteristics for Regional Governments (A Case Study of Jeonbuk Province)  

Jang, Nam-Jung (Green Growth Team, Jeonbuk Development Institute)
An, Jeong-Yi (Integrated Environmental Research Group, Korea Environment Institute)
Kim, Tae-Kyun (Green Growth Team, Jeonbuk Development Institute)
Im, Seoung-Hyun (Regional Development Team, Jeonbuk Development Institute)
Kim, Deug-Soo (Department of Environmental Engineering, Kunsan National University)
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Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment / v.27, no.2, 2011 , pp. 225-237 More about this Journal
Abstract
For each local town (6 cities and 8 counties) affiliated with Jeonbuk provincial government, characteristics of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were analyzed and key emission areas were drawn to establish mitigation policies of the regional greenhouse gases. National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) reported that the total greenhouse gas emission of Jeonbuk was 20.93 million $tCO_2e$ in 2006. The inland area of 5 cities and 1 county (Jeonju, Gunsan, Iksan, Jungeup, Kimje, Wanju) covered 82% of total greenhouse gas emission in Jeonbuk, while the rest local towns of the province, mostly from mountainous areas were responsible for the rest of the total GHG emission. The cities and counties having relatively higher emission in Jeonbuk province were influenced dominantly by the emission from energy and waste sections. Also, agricultural section showed similar tendency except industrial cities such as Gunsan and Jeonju. In the internal portion of city and county, energy section showed the highest portion at the range of 72.1 (Sunchang)~97.0% (Jeonju) and agricultural section was at the range of 1.2% (Jeonju)~26.6 (Sunchang). When the portion of energy section was higher, the lower agricultural section. The emission index was applied to decide the key city and county and the potential city and county with two methodologies in this study. It was required that the key emission areas were drawn to establish regional greenhouse gases mitigation policies.
Keywords
Greenhouse gases emission; Regional government; Greenhouse gases inventories; Climate change policy; Carbon dioxide; Jeonbuk;
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