Estimating the Energy Carbon Footprint of Huangshan National Park

Abstract:

Tourism is sensitive to global climate change and greenhouse gas emissions generated by the energy consumption restrict the sustainable development of tourism industry. Methods trying to make the tourism development of sustainability measurable are too confused to be of practical value. To overcome this obstacle, this paper built a Tourism Carbon Footprint Model based on energy consumption structure. With this TCF model, we analyzed carbon footprint of Huangshan between 2006 and 2009. We find that: (1) total carbon footprint of Huangshan increases from 2674.92 hm2 to 3456.76 hm2 at the annual rate of 7%; (2) energy consumption carbon footprint differs significantly in structure. The five kinds of energy carbon footprint, in the descending order, are the electricity, coal, diesel, gasoline, liquefied petroleum gas; (3) analysis of energy consumption carbon footprint shows that Huangshan is sustainable between 2006 and 2009.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 535-537)
• Pages: 2214-2219
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.535-537.2214
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Man Li, Jin He Zhang, Jing Chen, Jing Zhou, Nan Nan Wang
• Keywords: Energy Carbon Footprint, Energy Consumption Structure, Global climate change, Huangshan National Park

References

[1] Jinhe Zhang, Jie Zhang. Acta Geographica Sinica Vol. 59(2004), pp.763-771.

[2] Information on http://researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz.

[3] Dwyer L, Forsyth P, Spurr R, etal. Journal of Sustainable Tourism Vol. 18(2010), pp.335-376.

[4] Xuewang Dong. Measuring regional tourism carbon footprint based on input-output Analysis (2011), unpublished.

[5] Jianhong Xiao, Aifen Yu, Min Wang. Tourism Science Vol. 25(2011), pp.58-66.

[6] Jinhe Zhang. Acta Ecologica Sinica Vol. 28(2008), pp.2764-2773.

[7] Peng Li, Jihua Huang, Yanfen Mo, Guihua Yang. Tourism Tribune Vol. 25 (2010), pp.27-34.

[8] Information on http://www.parliament.uk.

[9] Information on http://www.energetics.com.

[10] Wackernagel M, Monfreda C, Moran D, etal. National footprint and Biocapacity accounts 2005: The underlying calculation method, (2005).

[11] Carbon Trust, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, British Standards Institution, 2008.Guide to PAS 2050—How to Assess the Carbon Footprint of Goods and Services.

[12] Brownea D, O'Regans B, Moles R. Resources, Conservation and Recycling Vol. 54(2009), pp.113-122.

[13] Peters G P. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Vol. 2(2010), pp.245-250.

[14] Mathis Wackemagel. Ecological Economics Vol. 29(1999), pp.375-390．

[15] Lenzen, M. and Murray, S.A. Ecological Economics Vol. 37(2001), pp.229-255.

[16] Fen Luo, Yongde Zhong, Huaicai Wang. World Regional Studies Vol. 19(2010), pp.105-113.

[17] Stefan G, Paul P, Jean P C, etal. Ecological Economics Vol. 54(2005), pp.417-434.

[18] Jinhe Zhang, Jie Zhang, etal. Journal of Natural Resources Vol. 20(2005), pp.735-744.

[19] Jinhe Zhang, Jie Zhang. Resources Science Vol.28 (2006), pp.196-203.

[20] Jinhe Zhang, Jie Zhang. Areal Research and Development Vol. 26 (2007), pp.90-96.

[21] Lin Lu, Jie Gong, Xiulong Jin. Geographical Research Vol. 30(2011), pp.219-223.