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Socioeconomic Drivers of PM 2.5 in the Accumulation Phase of Air Pollution Episodes in the Yangtze River Delta of China

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  • Cai-Rong Lou

    (Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
    College of Geographic Sciences, Nantong University, Nantong 226007, China
    State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, College of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Hong-Yu Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
    State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, College of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Yu-Feng Li

    (Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
    State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, College of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

  • Yu-Ling Li

    (Key Laboratory of Virtual Geographic Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, China
    State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Geographical Environment Evolution (Jiangsu Province), Jiangsu Center for Collaborative Innovation in Geographical Information Resource Development and Application, College of Geographical Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China)

Abstract

Recent studies in PM 2.5 sources show that anthropogenic emissions are the main contributors to haze pollution. Due to their essential roles in establishing policies for improving air quality, socioeconomic drivers of PM 2.5 levels have attracted increasing attention. Unlike previous studies focusing on the annual PM 2.5 concentration ( C year ), this paper focuses on the accumulation phase of PM 2.5 during the pollution episode (PMAE) in the Yangtze River Delta in China. This paper mainly explores the spatial variations of PMAE and its links to the socioeconomic factors using a geographical detector and simple linear regression. The results indicated that PM 2.5 was more likely to accumulate in more developed cities, such as Nanjing and Shanghai. Compared with C year , PMAE was more sensitive to socioeconomic impacts. Among the twelve indicators chosen for this study, population density was an especially critical factor that could affect the accumulation of PM 2.5 dramatically and accounted for the regional difference. A 1% increase in population density could cause a 0.167% rise in the maximal increment and a 0.214% rise in the daily increase rate of PM 2.5 . Additionally, industry, energy consumption, and vehicles were also significantly associated with PM 2.5 accumulation. These conclusions could serve to remediate the severe PM 2.5 pollution in China.

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  • Cai-Rong Lou & Hong-Yu Liu & Yu-Feng Li & Yu-Ling Li, 2016. "Socioeconomic Drivers of PM 2.5 in the Accumulation Phase of Air Pollution Episodes in the Yangtze River Delta of China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-19, September.
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