Spatial econometric analysis of regional economic structure and air quality

Author

Lei Chen

Author_Institution

Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Weifang Univ., Weifang, China

Volume

2

fYear

2013

fDate

23-24 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

416

Lastpage

419

Abstract

According to the panel data during 2001-2010 of 30 provincial capital cities in China, using the spatial panel model, the paper analyzes the effects of structure factors on the regional air quality such as industrial structure, energy structure, urbanization. The results show: Technological innovation has obvious positive influence on air quality; environment greening can improve air quality; the unreasonable energy structure is the important factors that affect regional air quality in China; upgrading of industrial structure, improvement of energy structure has a positive significant influence on air quality; urbanization has pros and cons effects on air quality.

Keywords

air quality; econometrics; environmental economics; socio-economic effects; town and country planning; China; energy structure; environmental greening; industrial structure; regional air quality; regional economic structure; spatial econometric analysis; technological innovation; urbanization; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Cities and towns; Correlation; Econometrics; Green products; Technological innovation; air quality; energy structure; industrial structure; spatial panel model; urbanization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Management, Innovation Management and Industrial Engineering (ICIII), 2013 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xi´an

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3985-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIII.2013.6703175

Filename

6703175