Study on Decoupling Analysis System of Low-carbon Economy and Intensive Land Use——A Case of Kunshan Economic Development Zone of Jiangsu Province

Low—carbon economy has been an inevitable choice to address climate change.In order to analyze the low—carbon economy′s influence on intensive land use,this paper introduced the Tapio decoupling index and choosed the indices which can reflect low—carbon economy and intensive land use for quantitative analysis.On this basis,decoupling analysis system has been built.Kunshan Economic Development Zone of Jiangsu Province was taken as an empirical case.The decoupling relationship between low—carbon economy and intensive land use has been investigated by using that decoupling analysis system.In addition,the decoupling relationship has been analyzed further.The result showed that the decoupling state of Kunshan Economic Development Zone has always remained strong from 2004 to 2009,this indicated that low—carbon economy was positive interrelated with intensive land use,and low—carbon economy can improve the level of intensive land use effectively.This result suggests that low—carbon economy and intensive land use supplement and complement each other.Through their effective combination,they can promote common development.It will be a reference for regional economic development plan.