Fig. 3: Provincial aggregate demand, per capita (classified by total, buildings, and infrastructure, 5-year moving average), and affluence.
From: Declining demand and circular transition possibilities of sand, gravel and crushed stone in China
Representative provinces from China’s four major regions are displayed: Beijing, Jiangsu, and Guangdong from the East; Anhui and Liaoning from the Central and Northeast regions, respectively; Xizang (Tibet), Qinghai, and Guizhou from the West. The lines represent per capita aggregate use: buildings (red), infrastructure (green), and overall (blue), while per capita GDP is shown in gray. Details on all 31 provinces are in Supplementary Fig. S23. See Figs. S24 and S25 for the normalized results showing decoupling trends.
