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Air Pollution as a Threat to Sustainable Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November -0001) | Viewed by 11829

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Jing Meng

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The Bartlett school of Construction and Project Management, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Pl, Fitzrovia, London WC1E 7HB, UK
Interests: climate change policy; global supply chain; air pollution-health-socioeconomic nexus; technology innovation
Prof. Jiashuo Li

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Institute of Blue and Green Development, Shandong University, Wentian Building, No.180 Wenhuaxi Road, Weihai, 264209, China
Interests: air pollutant emissions accounting; air pollution control strategy; climate change policy; green energy transition; life cycle assessment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The heart of sustainable development lies in the health and well-being of people and our planet, which means air pollution—the deaths and disabilities it causes and its close links to climate change—is a huge threat to delivering on the vision of a better world. Air pollution is also related to the medical expenses (SDG1), energy (SDG7), and cities (SDG11). Additionally, the pathway to achieving other sustainable development goals (SDGs), such as sustainable production and consumption (SDG12), also contributes to air pollution-related targets. The integrated nature of the 2030 agenda for the 17 SDGs calls for a systematic analysis of the trade-offs and synergies between air pollution and many other goals and targets. The topics of this Special Issue include but are not limited to the following:

  1. Is the world on track to achieve the air pollution-related SDGs and targets?
  2. What are the roles of different policies in the future development of air pollution?
  3. What are the trade-offs and synergies between air pollution-related SDG targets and other SDGs?
  4. What is the best way to achieve multiple SDGs in developing countries?

Dr. Jing Meng
Prof. Jiashuo Li
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • air pollution
  • health
  • sustainable development goals
  • trade off
  • synergy
  • climate change

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Spatiotemporal Differences and Dynamic Evolution of PM2.5 Pollution in China
by Huanhuan Xiong, Lingyu Lan, Longwu Liang, Yaobin Liu and Xiaoyu Xu
Sustainability 2020, 12(13), 5349; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12135349 - 2 Jul 2020
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Air pollution, especially the urban haze, has become an urgent issue affecting the sustainable development of cities. Based on the PM2.5 concentration data of 225 Chinese cities collected by satellite remote sensing from 1998 to 2016, we quantitatively analyzed the spatiotemporal distribution [...] Read more.
Air pollution, especially the urban haze, has become an urgent issue affecting the sustainable development of cities. Based on the PM2.5 concentration data of 225 Chinese cities collected by satellite remote sensing from 1998 to 2016, we quantitatively analyzed the spatiotemporal distribution characteristics and dynamic evolution trends of PM2.5 concentration in the four regions of China, namely the East, the Central, the West and the Northeast, by using statistical classification, GIS visualization, Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition and kernel density estimation. The results are as follows: First, the PM2.5 pollution in China showed a trend of fluctuation, which appeared to be increasing first and then decreasing, with the year 2007 as an important turning point for PM2.5 pollution changes across the country, as well as in the eastern and central regions. Second, PM2.5 pollution in China had significant spatial agglomeration. The intra-regional difference within the eastern region was the largest, and the inter-regional differences were the main source of overall differences. Third, kernel density estimation showed that the absolute difference of PM2.5 concentration distribution in China was expanding, with a significant phenomenon of polarization and the characteristics of spatial imbalance. This paper aimed to provide a scientific basis and effective reference for further advancing the sustainable development strategy of China in the new era. Full article
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Impact of Air Pollution Regulation and Technological Investment on Sustainable Development of Green Economy in Eastern China: Empirical Analysis with Panel Data Approach
by Mingliang Zhao, Fangyi Liu, Yingjie Song and Jiangbo Geng
Sustainability 2020, 12(8), 3073; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12083073 - 11 Apr 2020
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In eastern China, where air pollution is severe and government regulations are being tightened, green economic development has become the government’s goal. This paper makes an improvement in the measurement of the Green Total Factor Productivity (GTFP) index, and an intensity measure method [...] Read more.
In eastern China, where air pollution is severe and government regulations are being tightened, green economic development has become the government’s goal. This paper makes an improvement in the measurement of the Green Total Factor Productivity (GTFP) index, and an intensity measure method reciprocal of the ratio of air pollutant emissions to the GDP is adopted to estimate the level of air pollution regulation. Applying an air pollution monitoring data sample of 87 cities in eastern China, empirically tests the relationship between air pollution regulation, technological investment, and green economic growth. The positive influence of air pollution regulation on GTFP in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region is higher than that in the Yangtze River Delta region. Therefore, improving the coordinated monitoring mechanism of environment and economic development can achieve co-benefits. Technological investment can promote the improvement of GTFP, but it could have a negative impact on green technology progress in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The output efficiency of technological investment should be improved. Technological investment has a positive influence on green technology efficiency and green technology progress in the Yangtze River Delta. The robustness test suggests that the influence direction and significance of the core variables were unchanged, which supports the research conclusion. Full article
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What Are the Key Factors Affecting Air Pollution? Research on Jiangsu, China from the Perspective of Spatial Differentiation
by Shijin Wang, Guihong Hua and Huiying Zhou
Sustainability 2020, 12(6), 2371; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062371 - 18 Mar 2020
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Based on the spatial Dubin model, two representative atmospheric pollutants comprising industrial waste gas and NO2 were selected to empirically investigate the effects of eight variables, including the economic growth level, population size, and industrial structure, on atmospheric pollutants and measure the [...] Read more.
Based on the spatial Dubin model, two representative atmospheric pollutants comprising industrial waste gas and NO2 were selected to empirically investigate the effects of eight variables, including the economic growth level, population size, and industrial structure, on atmospheric pollutants and measure the sub-regional effects using data for Jiangsu from 2000 to 2016. The results showed that the population size, economic growth level, rural modernization level, personal income, and introducing high-speed rail were positively correlated with air pollution. By contrast, the industrial structure, foreign direct investment, and urbanization level were negatively correlated with air pollution. In particular, the effects of personal income, foreign direct investment, introducing high-speed rail, and urbanization were significant. The sub-regional analyses detected spatial spillover effects in all regions. The direct effects were greater than the indirect effects, where the level of economic growth, foreign direct investment, and urbanization had significant impacts, and the spatial spillover effects were most obvious in northern Jiangsu and central Jiangsu. Therefore, the following solutions are proposed: adjusting the industrial structure, improving the mode of economic growth, promoting the use of clean energy and rationally introducing foreign direct investment. Full article
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