The Effect of Air Pollution on the Healthy Growth of Cities: An Empirical Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region
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Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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College of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
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School of economics and management, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
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Appl. Sci. 2020, 10(11), 3699; https://doi.org/10.3390/app10113699
Received: 5 May 2020 / Revised: 19 May 2020 / Accepted: 25 May 2020 / Published: 27 May 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air Pollution—Measurement Methods, Exposure, and Health Determinants)
In the context of sustainable development, air pollution poses challenges to the adjustment of the industrial structure in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. In order to explore the relationship between air pollution and urban industrial development, this paper uses a simultaneous equation model to empirically analyze the relationship between PM2.5 concentration and industrial development based on panel data from 2000 to 2017 on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The empirical results show that there is a two-way causal relationship between industrial development and air pollution. Secondary industry upgrades to tertiary industry, which will help improve the air quality in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. At the same time, air pollution has a significant adverse effect on the development of secondary industry and tertiary industry. An average increase of 1% in PM2.5 concentration will cause the proportion of secondary industry to increase by about 0.08% to 0.28%, and the proportion of tertiary industry to decrease by about 0.13% to 0.31%. Based on the results of the empirical model, this paper puts forward policy recommendations for environmental governance in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, aiming to achieving healthy development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
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Keywords:
air pollution; industrial development; simultaneous equation model; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
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Zhang, F.; Xu, N.; Wang, L.; Tan, Q. The Effect of Air Pollution on the Healthy Growth of Cities: An Empirical Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 3699. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10113699
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Zhang F, Xu N, Wang L, Tan Q. The Effect of Air Pollution on the Healthy Growth of Cities: An Empirical Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(11):3699. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10113699
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Fan; Xu, Ning; Wang, Lishuang; Tan, Qiu. 2020. "The Effect of Air Pollution on the Healthy Growth of Cities: An Empirical Study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region" Appl. Sci. 10, no. 11: 3699. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10113699
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