Health effects of ozone and particulate matter pollution in China: a province-level CGE analysis

Nam, Kyung-Min; Zhang, Xu; Zhong, Min; Saikawa, Eri; Zhang, Xiliang

doi:10.1007/s00168-019-00924-z

Cited by 16 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 61 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Concentration of NO2 in oceans was 3 to 4 times lower than those in total land without the Antarctic [41] , where has a huge ozone hole and with low NO2 concentration [51] . The data of Shanghai highlights efforts of keeping pollutant concentration low for years when its growth trajectory takes sustainability into account [17,22] . Although the improvement of air quality is good within the lockdown period, it is unlikely to be maintained for long if the economy is still supposed to grow at a high speed.…”

Section: Implication On Environment Policies Taken By China the Lockdown Peirod Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Its concentration varies with season and meteorology [13,21,22,24] . High concertation damages human health and agriculture production [7,13,[22][23][24] because O3 oxides nitrogen and VOCs [13,16,17,21,26,27] . Both PM2.5 and PM10 are huarmful to humuman health as some toxic gases and pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria and virus can attached to them [12,15,[17][18][19][20][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] .…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Major pollutant changes affected by Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai

Zhang

Han

2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

China repond quickly to explosure of Covid-19. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of lockdown on 5 major airborne pollutant in Shanghai. Chongming, Xuhui and Jinshan areas of Shanghai were studied and compared. Overall, the Covid-19 lockdown has changed pollutant concentration in both long and short terms. All the five concentrations except for O3 increased. SO2 had significant correlations with all other pollutants. Ozone on eath surface are mainly from green plants and can be reduced by both NO2 and some organic matters. PM2.5 nd PM10 are more external than local procuced. NO2, SO2 and PM matters sharply reduced in Jinshan and Xuhui during dued to the limited usage of fossil fuel. All these activies could both meet humen’s neccesary needs and keep a better air quality. Proper and systematic measures should be taken to in keeping better air quality and economic growth in the whole world.

show abstract

Section: Implication On Environment Policies Taken By China the Lockdown Peirod Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Major pollutant changes affected by Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai

Zhang

Han

2021

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In a dynamic setting, lost income at one time point reduces savings and investment for future growth, and affects the economy for a long time in a cumulative manner. Such cumulative effects are greater in faster growing economies, and function as a shock amplifier by extending the initial gap in GDP loss between the Mainland and Hong Kong over time (Nam et al, 2019).…”

Section: Impacts Of Ets Under Stringent Mitigation Targetsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of China's Emissions Trading Scheme on the National and Hong Kong Economies: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Wang

Winchester

Webster

et al. 2020

Front. Environ. Sci.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this study, we estimate the economic impacts of China's official carbon-mitigation targets, in connection with Hong Kong's potential participation in a proposed national emissions trading scheme. We find that moderate intensity-reduction targets emulating China's pledged Paris Agreement commitment would incur much larger policy-compliance costs in Hong Kong (0.1–2.5% of baseline gross domestic product) than in Mainland China (0.1–0.7%) in each of the modeled years 2021 to 2030 when each economy operates its own independent carbon market. By comparison, an integrated carbon market enables Hong Kong to achieve the same reduction goal at up to 78% lower costs compared to an independent market, and this is achieved without significantly affecting the Mainland's economy. These savings in compliance costs for Hong Kong are greater when pre-integration local carbon prices in both economies are subject to a larger gap. Effectively, the cheaper pre-integration carbon prices in the Mainland indirectly subsidize the Hong Kong economy in the initial years of the integration scenario, buffering the policy shock. In sum, an integrated carbon market in China would improve overall efficiency at the national level, but the benefits are biased toward Hong Kong. This finding suggests that it is in the city's interest to play a more active role in cross-border collaboration on climate mitigation and emissions trading.JEL classification: C68, Q42, Q52, Q54

show abstract

“…Its concentration varies with the season and with meteorology [14,19,20]. High O 3 concentration damages human health and agriculture production [8,14,[19][20][21], because O 3 oxides nitrogen in the presence of VOCs and light [14,16,17,[22][23][24]. Both PM 2.5 and PM 10 are harmful to human health, as some toxic gases and pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses, may attach to them [13,15,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…High O 3 concentration damages human health and agriculture production [8,14,[19][20][21], because O 3 oxides nitrogen in the presence of VOCs and light [14,16,17,[22][23][24]. Both PM 2.5 and PM 10 are harmful to human health, as some toxic gases and pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria and viruses, may attach to them [13,15,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]. PM 2.5 has caused more than 2.1 million people's deaths because of its acidity penetrating the lower airways [13,24,[26][27][28][29].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflections Based on Pollution Changes Brought by COVID-19 Lockdown in Shanghai

Zhang

Han

Cong

2021

IJERPH

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

COVID-19 and its variants have been changing the world. The spread of variants brings severe effects to the global economy and to human’s lives and health, as well as to society. Lockdown is proven to be effective in stopping the spread. It also provides a chance to study natural environmental changes with humanity’s limited interference. This paper aims to evaluate the impact of lockdown on five major airborne pollutants, i.e., NO2, SO2, O3, PM2.5 and PM10, in the three different functional regions of Chongming, Xuhui and Jinshan of Shanghai. Changes in the same pollutants from the three regions over the same/different periods were all studied and compared. Overall, the COVID-19 lockdown has changed pollutant concentrations in the long and short terms. Concentrations of four pollutants decreased, except for that of earth surface O3, which increased. SO2 had significant correlations with all other pollutants. PM2.5 and PM10 are more externally input than locally produced. NO2, SO2 and PM levels sharply reduced in Jinshan and Xuhui due to the limited usage of fossil fuel. Lockdown improved the air quality. People now have a chance to rethink the value of life and the harmony between economic progress and environmental protection. This is helpful to establish sustainable societies.

show abstract

Health effects of ozone and particulate matter pollution in China: a province-level CGE analysis

Cited by 16 publications

References 61 publications

Major pollutant changes affected by Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai

Major pollutant changes affected by Covid-19 lockdown in Shanghai

Impacts of China's Emissions Trading Scheme on the National and Hong Kong Economies: A Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Reflections Based on Pollution Changes Brought by COVID-19 Lockdown in Shanghai

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About