TITLE:
Evaluating the Nexus between Housing and Energy Sectors: The Comparison of Urban, Peri-Urban and Rural Housing Areas in Zhuhai, China
AUTHORS:
Ali Cheshmehzangi
KEYWORDS:
Energy, Housing, Urban, Housing Policy, Housing Reforms, China
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.12 No.6,
June
16,
2020
ABSTRACT: China
has developed several housing policy reforms and has, in recent years,
progressed further on developing policies to promote green strategies and
energy-saving plans. The urban housing has much benefited from such reforms and
plans, while rural housing has experienced minimal change in the past few
decades. As a result, this study aims to identify and explore these
differences, challenges, and implications that exist between three areas of
urban, peri-urban, and rural in a particular case study in China. For this
study, selected residential areas in the City of Zhuhai and its peri-urban and
rural areas are selected as case studies. A questionnaire survey is conducted
to analyze energy and housing conditions across the more prosperous urban, the
dynamic and transitory peri-urban, and the less prosperous rural areas. The
case studies are analyzed as comparative examples in a hot and humid
sub-tropical area of Southern China. The study compares energy and housing
conditions and argues potential possibilities and challenges for the future
development of housing policy reforms that are the result of current housing
development patterns and green strategy situation in China.