Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China

The spatial distribution and the identification of the influential factors of industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions have received extensive attention. However, evidence is still lacking on the spatial impacts of urbanization on industrial SO2 emissions at the city scale in China. This work build...

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Autores principales: Ying Xu, Weishi Zhang, Jionghua Wang, Siping Ji, Can Wang, David G. Streets
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:631771809476423ba3d12bb156d5301f2021-12-04T04:33:25ZInvestigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108430https://doaj.org/article/631771809476423ba3d12bb156d5301f2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21010955https://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XThe spatial distribution and the identification of the influential factors of industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions have received extensive attention. However, evidence is still lacking on the spatial impacts of urbanization on industrial SO2 emissions at the city scale in China. This work builds a Geography Weighted Regression (GWR) model on a Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology (STIRPAT) framework to investigate the spatially heterogeneous impacts of potential influencing factors on city-level industrial SO2 emissions from 288 prefecture-level cities in China. The results show that the GWR model significantly improved the goodness-of-fit of the model. The influence of night-time light intensity of the cities, as a proxy of the urbanization level, was calculated to be median (min, max): −0.505(-0.918, −0.413). The highest impacts of urbanization were observed in the Northeast and Southwest regions. Industrial influencing factors had generally promoted the growth of SO2 emissions, with higher positive impacts in western cities. We concluded that urbanization had a significant and negative effect on industrial SO2 emissions in most Chinese cities. It is necessary to formulate emission reduction and city development policies simultaneously based on the trade-offs between urbanization and air pollution control targets.Ying XuWeishi ZhangJionghua WangSiping JiCan WangDavid G. StreetsElsevierarticleSpatial heterogeneityGeography Weighted Regression (GWR) modelCity-level SO2 emissionsUrbanizationSTIRPAT frameworkEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 133, Iss , Pp 108430- (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Spatial heterogeneity
Geography Weighted Regression (GWR) model
City-level SO2 emissions
Urbanization
STIRPAT framework
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Spatial heterogeneity
Geography Weighted Regression (GWR) model
City-level SO2 emissions
Urbanization
STIRPAT framework
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Ying Xu
Weishi Zhang
Jionghua Wang
Siping Ji
Can Wang
David G. Streets
Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China
description The spatial distribution and the identification of the influential factors of industrial sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions have received extensive attention. However, evidence is still lacking on the spatial impacts of urbanization on industrial SO2 emissions at the city scale in China. This work builds a Geography Weighted Regression (GWR) model on a Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology (STIRPAT) framework to investigate the spatially heterogeneous impacts of potential influencing factors on city-level industrial SO2 emissions from 288 prefecture-level cities in China. The results show that the GWR model significantly improved the goodness-of-fit of the model. The influence of night-time light intensity of the cities, as a proxy of the urbanization level, was calculated to be median (min, max): −0.505(-0.918, −0.413). The highest impacts of urbanization were observed in the Northeast and Southwest regions. Industrial influencing factors had generally promoted the growth of SO2 emissions, with higher positive impacts in western cities. We concluded that urbanization had a significant and negative effect on industrial SO2 emissions in most Chinese cities. It is necessary to formulate emission reduction and city development policies simultaneously based on the trade-offs between urbanization and air pollution control targets.
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author Ying Xu
Weishi Zhang
Jionghua Wang
Siping Ji
Can Wang
David G. Streets
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Weishi Zhang
Jionghua Wang
Siping Ji
Can Wang
David G. Streets
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title Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China
title_short Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China
title_full Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China
title_fullStr Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial SO2 emissions: Evidence from night-time light data in China
title_sort investigating the spatially heterogeneous impacts of urbanization on city-level industrial so2 emissions: evidence from night-time light data in china
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