@article{160311,
  keywords = {NSF Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE), Health, China},
  author = {A. Ramaswami and K. Tong and A. Fang and R.M. Lal and Ajay Nagpure and Y. Li and H. Yu and D. Jiang and A.G. Russell and L. Shi and M. Chertow and Y. Wang and S. Wang},
  title = {Urban cross-sector actions for carbon mitigation with local health co-benefits in China},
  abstract = {<p>Cities offer unique strategies to reduce fossil fuel use through the exchange of energy and materials across homes, businesses, infrastructure and industries co-located in urban areas. However, the large-scale impact of such strategies has not been quantified. Using new models and data sets representing 637 Chinese cities, we find that such cross-sectoral strategies{\textemdash}enabled by compact urban design and circular economy policies{\textemdash}contribute an additional 15\%{\textendash}36\% to national CO<sub>2</sub> mitigation, compared to conventional single-sector strategies. As a co-benefit, \~{}25,500 to \~{}57,500 deaths annually are avoided from air pollution reduction. The benefits are highly variable across cities, ranging from \&lt;1\%{\textendash}37\% for CO<sub>2</sub> emission reduction and \&lt;1\%{\textendash}47\% for avoided premature deaths. These results, using multi-scale, multi-sector physical systems modelling, identify cities with high carbon and health co-benefit potential and show that urban{\textendash}industrial symbiosis is a significant carbon mitigation strategy, achievable with a combination of existing and advanced technologies in diverse city\&nbsp;types.</p>
},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {Nature Climate Change},
  language = {eng},
}