Spatial–Temporal Heterogeneous Evolution of Haze Pollution in China as Deduced with the Use of Spatial Econometrics

Jian Hou, Shuang Zhang, Hongfeng Song and Fengshu Li
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Jian Hou: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Shuang Zhang: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Hongfeng Song: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China
Fengshu Li: School of Economics and Management, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 24, 1-19

Abstract: Haze Pollution, consisting essentially of PM 2.5 and PM 10 , has been arousing wide public concern home and abroad. It has become a universal urgency for atmospheric researchers, governments, organizations, institutions, and the general public to conduct corresponding actions. Therefore, this paper aims to explore the institutional distribution and the regional evolution trend of path characteristics of haze pollution in China under the spatial–temporal heterogeneity on the basis of spatial econometrics, by incorporating the spatial element into the framework of the Multiple Influencing Factors mechanism. The results show that it has been abating under the governance year by year, though with a decreasing intensity; the major polluted regions have been moving from the East to the central and western area; there is significant spatial autocorrelation among the highly polluted area, but the effective local regulations of les- polluted regions do not impact the neighboring regions correspondingly; among the impacting factors, industrial structure, energy intensity, and traffic pollution have a significant Positive Impact on haze pollution, and the level of urbanization has a Negative Impact, while economic growth and innovation performance have no significant Positive Impact and are both weak in promotion. This research, theoretically and practically, offers reference for the Chinese government to integrate regional effective systems into multiregional diversified environmental governance, so as to realize its Green Ecology Transformation Development Strategy.

Keywords: haze pollution; path characteristics; spatial–temporal evolution; heterogeneity; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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