Evolutionary Analysis of Prefabrication Implementation in Construction Projects under Low-Carbon Policies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Research Purpose and Framework
2. Evolutionary Model of the Government and Construction Enterprise
2.1. Model Assumption and Establishment
2.2. Model Solution and Analysis
3. Numerical Analysis
3.1. Influence of the Regulatory Cost on the Evolutionary System
3.2. Influence of the Initial Investment on the Evolutionary System
3.3. Influence of the Subsidy Intensity on the Evolutionary System
3.4. Influence of the Tax Intensity on the Evolutionary System
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameters | Descriptions |
Carbon emissions when the project contractor implements prefabrication | |
Carbon emissions when the project contractor implements conventional construction | |
Carbon emissions of low-carbon construction projects certified by the government | |
The subsidy coefficient for the prefabricated construction | |
Carbon tax rate on the project contractors | |
Direct economic benefit obtained by the project contractor adopting prefabricated construction | |
Direct economic benefit obtained by the project contractor adopting conventional construction | |
The cost of the government-implemented low-carbon regulatory policies | |
Additional initial investment for implementing prefabricated construction | |
Government’s environmental governance investment when the project contractor adopts prefabricated construction | |
Government’s environmental governance investment when the project contractor adopts conventional construction | |
Government’s environmental values when the project contractor adopts prefabrication | |
Government’s environmental values when the project contractor adopts conventional construction | |
Variables | Descriptions |
Probability that the government adopts low-carbon regulatory policies | |
Probability that the contractor adopt prefabrication |
Government | Contractors | |
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Implement | No-Implement | |
Regulate | , | , |
Do not regulate | , | , |
Equilibrium Point | |||||||||
State | State | State | |||||||
(0, 0) | N | Saddle point | Instability point | Instability point | |||||
(0, 1) | ESS | ESS | N | Saddle point | |||||
(1, 0) | Instability point | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | ||||
(1, 1) | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | ESS | ||||
) | Meaningless | Meaningless | Meaningless | ||||||
Equilibrium Point | |||||||||
State | State | State | |||||||
(0, 0) | ESS | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | ||||
(0, 1) | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | Instability point | ||||
(1, 0) | Instability point | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | ||||
(1, 1) | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | ESS | ||||
) | Meaningless | 0 | Central point | Meaningless | |||||
Equilibrium Point | |||||||||
State | State | State | |||||||
(0, 0) | ESS | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | ||||
(0, 1) | N | Saddle point | N | Saddle point | Instability point | ||||
(1, 0) | N | Saddle point | ESS | ESS | |||||
(1, 1) | N | Saddle point | Instability point | N | Saddle point | ||||
) | Meaningless | Meaningless | Meaningless |
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Shi, Q.; Wang, Z.; Li, B.; Hertogh, M.; Wang, S. Evolutionary Analysis of Prefabrication Implementation in Construction Projects under Low-Carbon Policies. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12511. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912511
Shi Q, Wang Z, Li B, Hertogh M, Wang S. Evolutionary Analysis of Prefabrication Implementation in Construction Projects under Low-Carbon Policies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12511. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912511
Chicago/Turabian StyleShi, Qianqian, Ziyu Wang, Boya Li, Marcel Hertogh, and Shuyi Wang. 2022. "Evolutionary Analysis of Prefabrication Implementation in Construction Projects under Low-Carbon Policies" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12511. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912511