Impact of transportation infrastructure on industrial pollution in Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis

Huang, G; Zhang, J; Yu, J; Shi, X

Impact of transportation infrastructure on industrial pollution in Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis

Huang, G Zhang, J Yu, J Shi, X

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Citation:: Energy Economics, 2020, 92
Issue Date:: 2020-10-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Huang, G
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, J
dc.contributor.author	Yu, J
dc.contributor.author	Shi, X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-01T23:11:55Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-01T23:11:55Z
dc.date.issued	2020-10-01
dc.identifier.citation	Energy Economics, 2020, 92
dc.identifier.issn	0140-9883
dc.identifier.issn	1873-6181
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/145719
dc.description.abstract	© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Transportation infrastructure (TI) plays a critical role in China's economic growth, but its negative impacts on the environment have not been sufficiently addressed by the government. While studies of TI's impact on air pollution exist, there are few studies examining its impact on industrial pollution. This paper fills this gap by using the Spatial Durbin Model and balanced panel data from 280 of China's cities spanning 2003 to 2015. The results show that TI, represented by urban roads, aggravates the cities' industrial SO2 emissions, industrial soot (dust) emissions, and industrial wastewater over the long run. The channel analysis further shows that TI influences industrial pollution through industrial agglomeration, but not urbanization. TI has no direct effect on the industrial pollution of neighboring cities but does influence neighboring cities' industrial pollution through the spatial spillover effects of industrial agglomeration. Provincial policymakers and city planners should together pay more attention to the role of industrial agglomeration when designing economic policies to manage the negative effects of TI on the environment, and through cross-city cooperation develop means to reduce these effects.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	ELSEVIER
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy Economics
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104973
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 0913 Mechanical Engineering, 1402 Applied Economics
dc.subject.classification	Energy
dc.title	Impact of transportation infrastructure on industrial pollution in Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	92
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-02-01T23:11:49Z
pubs.publication-status	Published
pubs.volume	92

Abstract:

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Transportation infrastructure (TI) plays a critical role in China's economic growth, but its negative impacts on the environment have not been sufficiently addressed by the government. While studies of TI's impact on air pollution exist, there are few studies examining its impact on industrial pollution. This paper fills this gap by using the Spatial Durbin Model and balanced panel data from 280 of China's cities spanning 2003 to 2015. The results show that TI, represented by urban roads, aggravates the cities' industrial SO2 emissions, industrial soot (dust) emissions, and industrial wastewater over the long run. The channel analysis further shows that TI influences industrial pollution through industrial agglomeration, but not urbanization. TI has no direct effect on the industrial pollution of neighboring cities but does influence neighboring cities' industrial pollution through the spatial spillover effects of industrial agglomeration. Provincial policymakers and city planners should together pay more attention to the role of industrial agglomeration when designing economic policies to manage the negative effects of TI on the environment, and through cross-city cooperation develop means to reduce these effects.

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