Will skyscrapers save the planet? Building height limits and urban greenhouse gas emissions
Will skyscrapers save the planet? Building height limits and urban greenhouse gas emissions
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DOI：
10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.01.004
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发表时间：
2016-05-01
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
Borck, Rainald
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作者：
Borck, Rainald
本文研究了建筑高度限制作为限制温室气体排放政策的有效性。它表明，建筑高度限制导致城市扩张和通勤排放量增加。另一方面，住房消费总量可能减少，从而减少了住宅能源使用的排放。数值模型用于评估建筑物高度限制下的温室气体排放总量是否可能更低。福利在建筑高度限制的严格程度上并不是凹的，所以没有限制或非常严格的限制（取决于外部性的强度）可能会使福利最大化。本文讨论了拥堵、内生交通方式选择、人口迁移和城市热岛效应等几个扩展。(C)© 2016 Elsevier B.V.版权所有
This paper studies the effectiveness of building height limits as a policy to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It shows that building height limits lead to urban sprawl and higher emissions from commuting. On the other hand, aggregate housing consumption may decrease, which reduces emissions from residential energy use. A numerical model is used to evaluate whether total GHG emissions may be lower under building height restrictions. Welfare is not concave in the strictness of building height limits, so either no limit or a very strict one (depending on the strength of the externality) might maximize welfare. The paper discusses several extensions, such as congestion, endogenous transport mode choice, migration, and urban heat island effect. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved