Socio-economic flows

Economies are networks of sectors, households, and people. We trace how value, consumption, and migration link them, and how emissions and environmental pressures travel through these networks.

Publications

2025

  • Cheng, D., Guan, D., Xue, Q., Shan, Y., Huo, J., Cui, C., Zhou, Y., & Li, Y. (2025). Inclusive wealth growth pathways within the carbon peak target for Chinese cities. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2(4). doi:10.1016/j.crsus.2025.100335 socioeconomic carbon

2020

  • Wang, X., Wang, Z., Cui, C., & Wei, L. (2020). Forward and backward critical sectors for CO₂ emissions in China based on eigenvector approaches. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 16110–16120. doi:10.1007/s11356-020-08154-z socioeconomic
  • Wang, Z., Wang, X., Peng, S., Ming, L., Cui, C., & Niu, B. (2020). Interactions between households and industrial sectors in embodied carbon emission networks. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 123809. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123809 socioeconomic
  • Wei, L., Li, C., Wang, J., Wang, X., Wang, Z., Cui, C., Peng, S., Liu, Y., Yu, S., & Wang, L. (2020). Rising middle and rich classes drove China's carbon emissions. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 159, 104839. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104839 socioeconomic

2019

  • Cui, C., Wang, Z., He, P., Yuan, S., Niu, B., Kang, P., & Kang, C. (2019). Escaping from pollution: The effect of air quality on inter-city population mobility in China. Environmental Research Letters, 14(12), 124025. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab5039 socioeconomic
  • Wang, Z., Chen, S., Cui, C., Liu, Q., & Deng, L. (2019). Industry relocation or emission relocation? Visualizing and decomposing the dislocation between China's economy and carbon emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, 1109–1119. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.166 socioeconomic
  • Wang, Z., Cui, C., & Peng, S. (2019). How do urbanization and consumption patterns affect carbon emissions in China? A decomposition analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 211, 1201–1208. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.272 socioeconomic
  • Wang, Z., Li, C., Cui, C., Liu, H., & Cai, B. (2019). Cleaner heating choices in northern rural China: Household factors and the dual substitution policy. Journal of Environmental Management, 249, 109433. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109433 socioeconomic
  • Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Peng, S., Niu, B., Cui, C., & Wu, J. (2019). Mapping the research of energy subsidies: A bibliometric analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, 28817–28828. doi:10.1007/s11356-019-06025-w socioeconomic

2018

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