How Can Industrial Parks Achieve Carbon Neutrality? Literature Review and Research Prospect Based on the CiteSpace Knowledge Map

Abstract

Global responses to climate change have accomplished certain reductions in carbon emissions. However, current efforts are insufficient for reaching the worldwide objective of carbon neutralization. Industrial parks that integrate industrial and economic resources are priority entities concerning the achievement of national carbon mitigation. The implementation of carbon neutralization at an industrial park level is unclear. This paper used a bibliometric approach to analyze articles related to carbon emissions reduction in industrial parks. From 2001 to 2022, 114 publications were collected from the WoS database. Descriptive statistical analysis, network analysis, keyword co-occurrence network analysis, keyword clustering, co-citation analysis, and burst detection were employed to summarize the research hotspots and evolution trends in this field. The results showed that the research hotspots were energy management, industrial symbiosis, economics and development, and carbon emission assessments in industrial parks. Emerging trends are the management of integrated energy systems, circular economy, renewable energy, economic analysis, and the validation of various models. Based on these analyses, four challenges and prospects were proposed for the construction of zero-carbon industrial parks. Finally, this paper presents a systematic guidance framework for carbon neutralization in industrial parks, which provides important references for future theoretical and practical research on industrial parks.