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Impacts of Industrial Restructuring and Technological Progress on PM(2.5) Pollution: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China

PM(2.5) pollution has produced adverse effects all over the world, especially in fast-developing China. PM(2.5) pollution in China is widespread and serious, which has aroused widespread concern of the government, the public and scholars. This paper evaluates the evolution trend and spatial pattern...

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Autores principales: Xu, Ning, Zhang, Fan, Xuan, Xin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8156493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34065663
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105283
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description PM(2.5) pollution has produced adverse effects all over the world, especially in fast-developing China. PM(2.5) pollution in China is widespread and serious, which has aroused widespread concern of the government, the public and scholars. This paper evaluates the evolution trend and spatial pattern of PM(2.5) pollution in China based on the data of 281 prefecture-level cities in China from 2007 to 2017, and reveals the pollution situation of PM(2.5) and its relationship with industrial restructuring and technological progress by using spatial dynamic panel model. The results show that China’s PM(2.5) pollution has significant path dependence and spatial correlation, and the industrial restructuring and technological progress have significant positive effects on alleviating PM(2.5) pollution. As a decomposition item of technological progress, technical change effectively alleviates PM(2.5) pollution. Another important discovery is that the interaction between industrial restructuring and technological progress will aggravate PM(2.5) pollution. Finally, in order to effectively improve China’s air quality, while advocating the Chinese government to pursue high-quality development, this paper puts forward a regional joint prevention mechanism.
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spelling pubmed-81564932021-05-28 Impacts of Industrial Restructuring and Technological Progress on PM(2.5) Pollution: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China Xu, Ning Zhang, Fan Xuan, Xin Int J Environ Res Public Health Article PM(2.5) pollution has produced adverse effects all over the world, especially in fast-developing China. PM(2.5) pollution in China is widespread and serious, which has aroused widespread concern of the government, the public and scholars. This paper evaluates the evolution trend and spatial pattern of PM(2.5) pollution in China based on the data of 281 prefecture-level cities in China from 2007 to 2017, and reveals the pollution situation of PM(2.5) and its relationship with industrial restructuring and technological progress by using spatial dynamic panel model. The results show that China’s PM(2.5) pollution has significant path dependence and spatial correlation, and the industrial restructuring and technological progress have significant positive effects on alleviating PM(2.5) pollution. As a decomposition item of technological progress, technical change effectively alleviates PM(2.5) pollution. Another important discovery is that the interaction between industrial restructuring and technological progress will aggravate PM(2.5) pollution. Finally, in order to effectively improve China’s air quality, while advocating the Chinese government to pursue high-quality development, this paper puts forward a regional joint prevention mechanism. MDPI 2021-05-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8156493/ /pubmed/34065663 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105283 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_full Impacts of Industrial Restructuring and Technological Progress on PM(2.5) Pollution: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China
title_fullStr Impacts of Industrial Restructuring and Technological Progress on PM(2.5) Pollution: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China
title_full_unstemmed Impacts of Industrial Restructuring and Technological Progress on PM(2.5) Pollution: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China
title_short Impacts of Industrial Restructuring and Technological Progress on PM(2.5) Pollution: Evidence from Prefecture-Level Cities in China
title_sort impacts of industrial restructuring and technological progress on pm(2.5) pollution: evidence from prefecture-level cities in china
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8156493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34065663
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105283
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