Path selection for low-carbon economic land use pattern in China

Ministry of Land has been highly concerned about energy -saving emission reduction and the land use impact on global change. In 2008 they had set up a special project on commonweal industry research named “the effect and control of carbon emission reduction in land use planning”, which sought to build low-carbon land use structure and layout through creating land use planning technique on the basis of revealing the mechanism of land use carbon emission effect. This study evaluates preliminary research results which are the study on carbon emissions effects of land use in China. On this basis we proposed some suggestion: (a). We can reduce direct carbon emissions from the four aspects: the reduction of ground hardening, promoting green building, low-carbon infrastructure, thrift and intensive utilization of land; (b). The indirect carbon emissions are mainly from anthropogenic source, so we can use policy instruments to control; (c). Conservation of land carbon sinks is an essential part of low-carbon land use.