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Public Awareness, Lifestyle and Low-Carbon City Transformation in China: A Systematic Literature Review
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Wu, Yan Martens, Pim Krafft, Thomas |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Low-carbon city transformation is an important action area of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) that aims to reach peak $CO_{2}$ emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. Responding to global climate change is not only a national responsibility but also an individual responsibility and very much depends on societal participation and acceptance. While many scholars argue that public participation would be critical to low-carbon cities developing in China, there is apparently a lack of sufficient research on the level of public participation. This systematic review aims to summarize the current related research about public awareness on low-carbon city transformation in China, and learn about the challenges and barriers of public attitude and behaviour towards the low-carbon lifestyle. This study reveals that: (1) although most scholars discussed the conception and policies of low-carbon cities, research methods, the theoretical foundation and the number of cities targeted for research are limited; (2) a public’s attention to low-carbon cities mainly focus on a low-carbon life, and there is a clear gap between low-carbon awareness and behaviour; and (3) although scholars had different opinions about the factors that affect low-carbon behaviour, most of them agree that education and government policy have an influence on the populations’ low-carbon behaviour in China. |
| Starting Page | 10121 |
| e-ISSN | 20711050 |
| DOI | 10.3390/su141610121 |
| Journal | Sustainability |
| Issue Number | 16 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-08-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Sustainability Cultural Studies Environmental Engineering Systematic Literature Review Public Awareness and Behaviour Barrier Education Lifestyle Low-carbon City Climate Change China |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
