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Community Morphology and Energy Consumption

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With the development of science and technology, China’s urbanization rate had dramatically increased from 26% in 1990 to 56% in 2015. Despite the huge difference from the urbanization rate of the high-income countries, i.e., 81%, it has exceeded the average level of the world. At the same time, the greenhouse gas commission of China has accounted for the largest proportion on a global scale (23.3) in 2012.

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    Hang Yu, Zishuo Huang & Yiqun Pan

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Yu, H., Huang, Z., Pan, Y., Long, W. (2020). Community Morphology and Energy Consumption. In: Guidelines for Community Energy Planning. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9600-7_9

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