空间尺度视角下的家庭能源消费研究进展与展望

能源是地理学研究的核心议题,家庭能源消费活动作为区域典型人地关系活动的形式,是能源地理精细化研究的一大趋势。论文基于地理学的空间尺度视角,回顾了能源地理研究的缘起、家庭能源消费的空间特征、形成机制及数据来源,对存在问题进行述评,并从当前家庭能源消费面临的机遇出发,对未来值得进一步深入研究的主题进行了展望和阐释。主要得到3个结论：① 构建全景式家庭能源数据调查框架,将地域类型与能源类型、数量、用途纳入调查的视域;② 中观尺度的研究有待加强,通过微观—中观—宏观尺度内关系的协调,从一个相互嵌套式的结构整体中去认识和把握家庭能源消费特征及规律;③ 构建家庭属性、地理因素、生活方式等多要素综合集成分析框架,剖析家庭能源消费空间特征的形成动因,实现对家庭能源消费空间分异过程的本质理解。研究有助于地理学能源领域的空间研究和实践的国际化,对中国家庭能源消费的理论视角补充具有积极的学科意义。

A review of household energy consumption research from the perspective of spatial scale

Energy is one of the core topics of geographic research. As a typical activity involving regional human-land relationship, household energy consumption is a major trend in the refined research of energy geography. Based on the spatial scale perspective of geography, we reviewed the origins of energy geography research, the spatial characteristics of household energy consumption, formation mechanism, and data sources. Three main conclusions are drawn: 1) Constructing a panoramic survey framework of household energy data, including the geographical type, energy type, quantity, and use in the scope of the survey. 2) Meso-scale research needs to be strengthened. Coordination through the micro-medium-macro-scale relationship is conducive to understanding and grasping the characteristics and patterns of household energy consumption from a nested structure as a whole. 3) Constructing a comprehensive analysis framework of multi-factors such as household attributes, geographic factors, and lifestyles, and analyzing the dynamic drivers for the formation of spatial characteristics of household energy consumption, to realize the essential understanding of the spatial differentiation process of household energy consumption. This study contributes to the internationalization of energy-related spatial research and practice in the field of geography, and has positive significance for supplementing the theoretical perspective of Chinese household energy consumption research.