Urban natural gas is becoming the main sector driving China’s natural gas consumption growth in recent years.This study explores the impacts of urban natural gas price,wage,socioeconomic determinants,and meteorologic...Urban natural gas is becoming the main sector driving China’s natural gas consumption growth in recent years.This study explores the impacts of urban natural gas price,wage,socioeconomic determinants,and meteorological conditions on urban natural gas demand in China over 2006-2017.Furthermore,this study also analyzes the potential regional heterogeneity and asymmetry in the impacts of gas price and income on China’s urban gas demand.Empirical results reveal that:(1)The increased gas price can significantly reduce the urban gas demand,and the average income level may effectively promote the gas demand,also,a strong switching effect exists between electricity and natural gas in urban China;(2)these impacts are heterogeneous in regions among China,urban natural gas demand is largely affected by the gas price in regions with high-gas-price and by income in regions with low-gas-price;and(3)the impact of gas price on urban gas consumption is consistent in regions with different urban natural gas consumption,while the impact of income is asymmetric.This study further provides several policy implications for improving the urban natural gas industry in China.展开更多
The past decades have exhibited changes in the consumption of fresh fish. In developing countries, factors affecting fish consumption are different between urban and rural households. This study comparatively analyses...The past decades have exhibited changes in the consumption of fresh fish. In developing countries, factors affecting fish consumption are different between urban and rural households. This study comparatively analyses the disparity in demand for fresh fish between rural and urban households in Cameroon. Using random sampling, data on the weekly consumption of fresh fish were collected between April and May 2015;30 households lived in rural localities while 30 lived in urban areas of Buea Municipality. Consumer’s income, the price of fresh fish, family size, gender and age of consumers represented parameters of interest. These were analyzed using the independent sample t-test. Results revealed that the availability, the income level and price affected fish consumption of rural dwellers while price, taste, income and affordability determined the consumption patterns of urban dwellers. The study equally revealed that the higher the price of fresh fish, the higher the demand for its closed substitutes and the higher the size of the household, the higher the quantity demanded. Gender, education and marital status did not affect the quantity demanded;family size and age negatively influenced consumers’ decision to buy while consumers’ income and price of fresh fish positively influenced consumers’ weekly and monthly expenditure on fresh fish. The study proposes that more information be provided to consumers regarding the numerous nutritional benefits of fresh fish for both rural and urban dwellers. Also, policy makers and marketers need to improve the availability of fresh fish in rural and semi-urban settings.展开更多
The high peak hour demand in Urban Rail Transport (URT) is usually met by supply side measures such as pushing more number of trains/cars in peak hour by the operator. This additional capacity generates more demand du...The high peak hour demand in Urban Rail Transport (URT) is usually met by supply side measures such as pushing more number of trains/cars in peak hour by the operator. This additional capacity generates more demand due to a positive elasticity of demand with respect to services. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), India has converted its fleet from 4 cars per train to 6 cars per train and finally to 8 cars per train on its Broad Gauge section. The ridership of the system has also witnessed double digit growth during this conversion period. The demand elasticity w.r.t services for the passengers of DMRC has been estimated as 0.512 on the basis of growth of demand and increase in capacity after adjusting for natural growth. So a 10% increase in supply results into 5% increase in capacity. A simple service elasticity model has been developed to estimate demand with increase in supply. The model has been applied to Line 2 (yellow line), the busiest line of DMRC, to estimate the demand for different level of services (trains/hour). The efficacy of supply side measures is limited by the design capacity of the system beyond which any increase in supply would require disproportionate investment. An optimum combination of supply and demand side measures would perhaps be the best way to address peak hour congestion in Urban Rail Transport.展开更多
大都市郊区是城乡融合发展的前沿阵地,未来如何通过功能拓展满足城市和居民的多元化需求,如何通过功能的优化组合和协同发展实现自身振兴,是城乡融合发展实践中亟需解决的现实问题。文章以Web of Science、中国知网等为文献来源数据库,...大都市郊区是城乡融合发展的前沿阵地,未来如何通过功能拓展满足城市和居民的多元化需求,如何通过功能的优化组合和协同发展实现自身振兴,是城乡融合发展实践中亟需解决的现实问题。文章以Web of Science、中国知网等为文献来源数据库,运用文献调研法,系统梳理了相关文献,在客观辨识大都市城乡主体需求特征的基础上,梳理了大都市郊区乡村多功能的内涵、特征及分类,多功能演化动力机制与趋势,并对未来研究进行展望,结果表明:1)大都市郊区乡村多功能是为满足城乡居民各类需求、维持郊区乡村自身及所依托大都市融合共生和城乡协作发展所能提供的各类服务和功能的总和,率先响应城乡主体需求而分化和拓展。据此,基于乡村内生型和城镇引致型2类需求,设计了基于“三生”功能视角的大都市郊区乡村多功能分类体系;2)乡村多功能演化发展是自然地理系统、社会经济系统、政策与制度以及人类活动等共同作用的结果,其功能演化进程领先于一般乡村,率先呈现“生产功能现代化与特色化、生活功能便利化与人文化、生态功能绿色化与可持续”的发展趋势;3)从基础理论和分类体系构建、创新发展规划政策约束下乡村多功能分区识别方法、积极探索多功能协同的典型路径与模式、完善乡村多功能转型发展的政策支撑体系4个方面展望了大都市郊区乡村多功能未来协同演化的研究方向。展开更多
基金supported by the National Social Science Foundation of China(Grant No.20VGQ003)。
文摘Urban natural gas is becoming the main sector driving China’s natural gas consumption growth in recent years.This study explores the impacts of urban natural gas price,wage,socioeconomic determinants,and meteorological conditions on urban natural gas demand in China over 2006-2017.Furthermore,this study also analyzes the potential regional heterogeneity and asymmetry in the impacts of gas price and income on China’s urban gas demand.Empirical results reveal that:(1)The increased gas price can significantly reduce the urban gas demand,and the average income level may effectively promote the gas demand,also,a strong switching effect exists between electricity and natural gas in urban China;(2)these impacts are heterogeneous in regions among China,urban natural gas demand is largely affected by the gas price in regions with high-gas-price and by income in regions with low-gas-price;and(3)the impact of gas price on urban gas consumption is consistent in regions with different urban natural gas consumption,while the impact of income is asymmetric.This study further provides several policy implications for improving the urban natural gas industry in China.
文摘The past decades have exhibited changes in the consumption of fresh fish. In developing countries, factors affecting fish consumption are different between urban and rural households. This study comparatively analyses the disparity in demand for fresh fish between rural and urban households in Cameroon. Using random sampling, data on the weekly consumption of fresh fish were collected between April and May 2015;30 households lived in rural localities while 30 lived in urban areas of Buea Municipality. Consumer’s income, the price of fresh fish, family size, gender and age of consumers represented parameters of interest. These were analyzed using the independent sample t-test. Results revealed that the availability, the income level and price affected fish consumption of rural dwellers while price, taste, income and affordability determined the consumption patterns of urban dwellers. The study equally revealed that the higher the price of fresh fish, the higher the demand for its closed substitutes and the higher the size of the household, the higher the quantity demanded. Gender, education and marital status did not affect the quantity demanded;family size and age negatively influenced consumers’ decision to buy while consumers’ income and price of fresh fish positively influenced consumers’ weekly and monthly expenditure on fresh fish. The study proposes that more information be provided to consumers regarding the numerous nutritional benefits of fresh fish for both rural and urban dwellers. Also, policy makers and marketers need to improve the availability of fresh fish in rural and semi-urban settings.
文摘The high peak hour demand in Urban Rail Transport (URT) is usually met by supply side measures such as pushing more number of trains/cars in peak hour by the operator. This additional capacity generates more demand due to a positive elasticity of demand with respect to services. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), India has converted its fleet from 4 cars per train to 6 cars per train and finally to 8 cars per train on its Broad Gauge section. The ridership of the system has also witnessed double digit growth during this conversion period. The demand elasticity w.r.t services for the passengers of DMRC has been estimated as 0.512 on the basis of growth of demand and increase in capacity after adjusting for natural growth. So a 10% increase in supply results into 5% increase in capacity. A simple service elasticity model has been developed to estimate demand with increase in supply. The model has been applied to Line 2 (yellow line), the busiest line of DMRC, to estimate the demand for different level of services (trains/hour). The efficacy of supply side measures is limited by the design capacity of the system beyond which any increase in supply would require disproportionate investment. An optimum combination of supply and demand side measures would perhaps be the best way to address peak hour congestion in Urban Rail Transport.
文摘大都市郊区是城乡融合发展的前沿阵地,未来如何通过功能拓展满足城市和居民的多元化需求,如何通过功能的优化组合和协同发展实现自身振兴,是城乡融合发展实践中亟需解决的现实问题。文章以Web of Science、中国知网等为文献来源数据库,运用文献调研法,系统梳理了相关文献,在客观辨识大都市城乡主体需求特征的基础上,梳理了大都市郊区乡村多功能的内涵、特征及分类,多功能演化动力机制与趋势,并对未来研究进行展望,结果表明:1)大都市郊区乡村多功能是为满足城乡居民各类需求、维持郊区乡村自身及所依托大都市融合共生和城乡协作发展所能提供的各类服务和功能的总和,率先响应城乡主体需求而分化和拓展。据此,基于乡村内生型和城镇引致型2类需求,设计了基于“三生”功能视角的大都市郊区乡村多功能分类体系;2)乡村多功能演化发展是自然地理系统、社会经济系统、政策与制度以及人类活动等共同作用的结果,其功能演化进程领先于一般乡村,率先呈现“生产功能现代化与特色化、生活功能便利化与人文化、生态功能绿色化与可持续”的发展趋势;3)从基础理论和分类体系构建、创新发展规划政策约束下乡村多功能分区识别方法、积极探索多功能协同的典型路径与模式、完善乡村多功能转型发展的政策支撑体系4个方面展望了大都市郊区乡村多功能未来协同演化的研究方向。
