Study On Influencing Factors And Measurement Of Urban Residents' Carbon Capacity In Jiangsu Province

Based on the Sefany's study, this study takes urban residents' carbon capacity in Jiangsu province as the research object. Through researching the literature, the paper have sorted out the related theory and research of ability and redivided the dimension of carbon capacity; Using the grounded theory method and combining with the literature on energy saving and emission reduction, the quantitative research model of carbon capacity of Jiangsu urban residents has been constructed;Then, collect the questionnaire, and the data were collected and analyzed, and the relevant software was used to estimate the data.Finally, according to the results of the software running, a detailed analysis is carried out, and put forward the policy recommendations according to the analysis results and the relevant research at home or abroad.This study have specifically studied the following aspects :(1)Redivision of carbon capacity dimension.In this paper, the carbon capacity is redivided into four dimensions as carbon knowledge, carbon behavior, carbon management and carbon motivation based on the relevant research of ability.The carbon capacity is regarded as a coalition of learning ability, practical ability and the ability to influence others and the potential ability.This dimension division is more detailed and specific than Sefany's division, and avoid the shortcomings of too macro and wide, and also to provide a good foundation for research.(2)Building the model for measuring the carbon capacity of urban residents in Jiangsu and researching it's influencing factors.Through in-depth interviews with 52 residents, and combined with the relevant research theories, the theoretical model of influencing factors of carbon capacity was constructed, and then use MNL model to study the influencing factors. Introducing the latent class model, and combining it with the MNL model, to construct a quantitative research model to measure the carbon capacity of Jiangsu urban residents and research it's influencing factors.(3)Measurement of carbon capacity of urban residents in Jiangsu.Model estimation results :According to the different levels of carbon capacity, Jiangsu urban residents can be divided into 6 groups,and Proportion in turn as 28.19%?21.21%?18.33%?15.84%?9.88% and 6.55%;Age, gender, education level and occupation have significant impact on the carbon capacity of urban residents in Jiangsu, the specific performance is the four variables in different groups showed a certain difference.But the family income level and the population has no significant influence on the carbon capacity of the residents and the distribution of the population is basically the same in each group. Each group showed significant differences in the four dimensions of carbon capacity, according to the characteristics of each group, it is named as "balanced and stability group", "self knowledge group", "backward group", "comprehensive leading group", "slight cognitive group", "beam others and dreaming group".(4)The carbon capacity of urban residents in Jiangsu was evaluated. Based on the consideration of the correlation strength of each item and the carbon capacity of the residents, the carbon capacity of each group was calculated, then introduce the evaluation criteria of the education to evaluate the crbon capacity of resident in Jiangsu.As the result display: The qualified rate of carbon capacity in Jiangsu reached 61.93%, but the proportion of the group whoes carbon capacity is not qualified up to 40%.Moreover, the carbon capacity of outstanding persons accounted for only 15.84% of the population in Jiangsu, and there is no one in the good level.Therefore, the overall carbon capacity of Jiangsu residents has room for improvement, and while taking measures to improve the overall carbon capacity of Jiangsu residents we should also focus on training more people with excellent carbon capacity.(5)The influencing factors of carbon capacity of urban residents in Jiangsu were studied. Model estimation results :Situational factors and normative factors have a significant impact on the carbon capacity of urban residents in Jiangsu, and the impact mechanism is different for different groups.(6)Policy recommendations to improve the carbon capacity of residents.Based on the empirical research and the conclusion, and draws lessons from the domestic and foreign related policies, this paper have put forward some suggestions for improving the carbon capacity of the residents.