Abstract
China is undergoing rapid urbanization, but the speed and stage of urban development are quite heterogeneous among different regions and city types. Understanding the urban scaling characteristics of China's relatively developed cities is important for addressing environmental and social challenges. Within the scope of 114 third-tier-and-above Chinese cities, the research calculate the scaling parameters of various urban development variables with respect to urban population and urban GRP in different city types based on urban scaling quantitative models. Also, univariate and multivariate regression analyses were performed on the factors affecting urban electricity consumption. The research results show that the urban scaling characteristics of Chinese cities differ between different types of cities, industrial cities show unique scaling features compared to commercial cities and mixed-economy cities. Additionally, urban electricity consumption is found to be closely related to urban population, urban construction land area and street lamp number. The results can help different types of cities make targeted policies and provide insights for reducing resource consumption during the urbanization process.
Highlights
At present, China’s urbanization is rapidly progressing
In the context of 114 Chinese third-tier-and-above cities, our results show that the overall development patterns in China are consistent with the general urban scaling laws
Urban innovation wealth indicators scale super-linearly with urban population changes, urban infrastructure indicators scale sub-linearly with urban population changes, and urban material and energy indicators related to individual demands, except urban gas supply, scale linearly with urban population changes
Summary
By 2018, China’s urbanization rate had reached 59.58% (From the National Bureau of Statistics). The sizes and numbers of Chinese cities are both growing rapidly [1]. China’s urbanization rate is quite fast in the world, its urbanization process still lags behind other countries [2, 3]. The complex Chinese national conditions give China’s urbanization unique characteristics [4]. Due to this excessive urbanization speed, Chinese cities’ industrial structure, resource allocation, and technological progress do not match with their degree of development [5]. Mastering the process of urbanization in China needs quantitative models in the urban scaling study area
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