title: Atmospheric pollution reduction effect and regional predicament: An empirical analysis based on the Chinese provincial NOxemissions.
abstract: Atmospheric pollution emissions have become a matter of public concern in recent years. However, most of the existing researches on NOx pollution are from the natural science and technology perspective, few studies have been conducted from an economic point, and regional differences have not been given adequate attention. This paper adopts provincial panel data from 2006 to 2013 and the LMDI model to analyze the key driving factors and regional dilemmas of NOx emissions. The results show that significant regional disparities still exit on NOxemissions and its reduction effect 27 provinces didn't accomplish their corresponding reduction targets. Economic development factor is the dominating driving factor of NOxemissions during the study period, while energy efficiency and technology improvement factors offset total NOxemissions in the majority of provinces. In addition, the industrial structure factor plays a more significant role in reducing the NOxemissions after 2011. Therefore, the government should consider all these factors as well as regional heterogeneity in developing appropriate pollution mitigating policies. It's necessary to change NOx emissions control attitude from original key areas control to divided-zone control, not only attaches great importance to the reduction of the original key areas, but also emphasizes the new potential hotspots with high NOxemissions.
authors.affiliation: School of Industrial and Commercial, Ningbo Polytechnic, Ningbo, Zhejiang, 315800, China; Laboratory of Geographical Environment and National Park, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Geographical Environment and National Park, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China; School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China. Electronic address: liuccug@163.com.
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Resources and Environmental Science, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430062, China.
authors.forename: Kunlun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Geographical Environment and National Park, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China; School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Yalin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Geographical Environment and National Park, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China; School of Public Administration, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China.
authors.forename: Beidi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diao
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution; D057217:Economic Development; D007221:Industry; D012306:Risk
keywords: China; LMDI; NO(x) emissions; Pollution reduction; Regional predicament; Spatial-temporal characteristics