Policy Effects Assessment System Dynamic Model of Regional Low-Carbon Development

Abstract:

Since the British first proposed the concept of "low-carbon economy", the international community had made a great effort in controlling greenhouse gas emissions and developing a low-carbon economy. However, the development of low-carbon economy is a top-down economic transformation driven by policy, which is different from the bottom-up economic transition driven by technology progress in the past. The influence of policy-making in low-carbon economy is everywhere, so the study of policy formulation and decision-making can be significant for low-carbon economy transition. This paper delivers a policy influence research method by constructing a regional low-carbon development model based on System Dynamics, and validates this model by comparing the simulation data and the Chinese calendar year statistics. Finally, some policy making suggestions based on the research are provided.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 742)
• Pages: 398-403
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.742.398
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Yuan Yuan He, Xin Tan
• Keywords: Low-Carbon, Policy, Simulation, System Dynamics (SD)

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