Abstract

Xian is a Chinese city that has long been associated with geographical and economic influence. It is a typical inland city with sprawling monocentric spatial structure. It is a national transportation hub and provides gateways to the northwest, southwest and east of China. Xian has developed a national reputation as an innovative economy supported by modern science and education. Its leading industries include cultural activities, high-technology and equipment manufacturing. This chapter provides ideas for policy to address problems of traffic and transport-related environment pollution, which are faced by many inland cities in China. It analyzes the distribution of household daily-travel carbon emissions from a number of different perspectives. The chapter shows that not only individual and household character but also home-work distance affects the level of household daily-travel carbon emissions. An aggregate view that the spatial distribution of household daily-travel carbon emissions increased with distances from the city center to the new developed areas located toward the fringe is found.

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