Urbanization, Speed Differences and Energy Consumption-Land Urbanization and Population Urbanization Perspective

Based on the provincial panel data during 2000-2012,the energy effects of land urbanization and population urbanization and their speed differences are analyzed by manipulating a spatial Durbin model. Under the significance of 5%,the conclusions include: land urbanization is energy incremental,while the population urbanization is not,and the enlargement of urbanization speed will lead the rise of energy consumption. Land urbanization is the main cause of energy consumption rising relative to population urbanization,and it mainly works through indirect effect. Based on the conclusions above,some suggestions such as optimizing the geographic distribution of population,improving the efficiency of land use,coordinating the process of migration and land use,raising energy consumption efficiency,are provided to propel the conservation of energy consumption.