title: A Preliminary Study of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Effects of Land Use Control.
abstract: Land use change not only directly influences carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems but can also cause energy-related carbon emissions. This study examined spatiotemporal land use change across Jiangsu Province, China; calculated vegetation carbon storage loss caused by land use change and energy-related carbon emissions; analysed the relationship among land use change, carbon emissions and social-economic development; and optimized land use structure to maximize carbon storage. Our study found that 13.61% of the province's land area underwent a change in type of land use between 1995 and 2010, mainly presented as built-up land expansion and cropland shrinkage, especially in southern Jiangsu. Land use change caused a 353.99 × 104t loss of vegetation carbon storage loss. Energy-related carbon emissions increased 2.5 times from 1995 to 2013; the energy consumption structure has been improved to some extent while still relying on coal. The selected social-economic driving forces have strong relationships with carbon emissions and land use changes, while there are also other determinants driving land use change, such as land use policy. The optimized land use structure will slow the rate of decline in vegetation carbon storage compared with the period between 1995 and 2010 and will also reduce energy-related carbon emissions by 12%.
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiaowei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chuai
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.|Land Development and Consolidation Technology, Engineering Center of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.|Key Laboratory of Development and Protection for the Coastal Zone of the Ministry of Land and Resources, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xianjin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Xinxian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Jiasheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Earthquake Administrator of Guangxi Autonomous Region, Nanning, 530022, Guangxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Tianhui
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Qinli
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Jianbao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic &Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: Changyan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450011, Henan Province, China.
authors.forename: Rongqin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhao