期刊名称：HIER Discussion Paper Series / Harvard Institute of Economic Research
出版年度：2008
卷号：2008
出版社：Harvard Institute of Economic Research
摘要：Carbon dioxide emissions may create significant social harm because of global warming, yet American urban development tends to be in low density areas with very hot summers. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the carbon dioxide emmissions associated with new construction in different locations across the country. We look at emissions from driving, public transit, home heating, and household electricity use. We find that the lowest emissions areas are generally in California and that the highest emissions areas are in Texas and Oklahoma. There is a strong negative association between emissions and land use regulations. By restricting new development, the cleanest areas of the country would seem to be pusing new development towards places with higher emissions. Cities generally have significantly lower emissions than suburban areas, and the city-suburb gap is particularly large in older areas, like New York.
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