Table 3 Results of correlation analysis between typical land use change and driving forces.

From: A Preliminary Study of the Carbon Emissions Reduction Effects of Land Use Control

Driving forces

 

Cropland

Woodland

Residential and industrial land

Transportation land

Carbon emissions

Y1

Y2

Y3

Y4

Z

Gross domestic product (GDP)

X1

−0.919**

−0.715**

0.984**

0.957**

0.973**

Fixed-asset investment

X2

−0.917**

−0.739**

0.986**

0.974**

0.943**

Urbanization rate

X3

−0.892**

−0.607**

0.917**

0.873**

0.917**

Total population

X4

−0.915**

−0.578*

0.954**

0.884**

0.961**

Urban population

X5

−0.903**

−0.584*

Rural population

X6

0.893**

0.575*

Urban per capita housing area,

X7

0.967**

Rural per capita housing area,

X8

 

0.927**

Annual passenger capacity

X9

0.917**

Annual cargo capacity

X10

0.934**

Carbon emissions per capital GDP

X11

−0.632**

Percentage of coal in energy consumption

X12

−0.642**

  1. Significant at P = 0.05 and **P = 0.01 levels.