SCIENTIA GEOGRAPHICA SINICA ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (12): 1949-1957.doi: 10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.2020.12.001

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Spatial-temporal Pattern of Industrial Soot and Dust Emissions in China and Its Influencing Factors

Guo Zheng1,2(), Yao Shimou1,*(), Wu Changyan3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Watershed Geographic Sciences, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. School of Economics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310000, Zhejiang, China
  • Received:2019-11-04 Revised:2020-03-02 Online:2020-12-25 Published:2021-01-09
  • Contact: Yao Shimou E-mail:zguo@niglas.ac.cn;smyao@niglas.ac.cn

Abstract:

This essay intended to evaluate the spatial-temporal characteristics and driving factors of industrial soot and dust emissions in the provinces of China from 1999 to 2017. The data were collected and analyzed using different methods such as Gini coefficient, pollutant distribution index, standard deviational ellipse analysis, exploratory spatial data analysis and SDM model. The study concluded that: 1) The trend for industrial soot and dust emissions ratio and area ratio in different types of districts is inconsistent. The emission distribution in high, medium, relatively low and low areas, decreased significantly, however, at a relatively high emissions areas expanded significantly. 2) The Gini coefficient, disequilibrium index and concentration index of industrial soot and dust emissions in China are all fluctuating and decreasing, indicating that their spatial distribution presents a diffusion trend. 3) The standard deviational ellipse flatness of industrial soot and dust emissions revealed a significant decline, indicating that the direction of its spatial distribution was weakened. The average azimuth angle is 32.428°, which indicates that the spatial distribution pattern of industrial soot and dust emissions is in a northeast-southwest direction, which is basically consistent with the trend of industrial distribution in China. In addition, the standard deviational ellipse of industrial soot and dust emissions short axis expansion is much higher than that of long axis expansion. This implies that the evolution of spatial distribution of industrial soot and dust emissions in China is mainly due to the growth of the eastern and Western directions. In the meantime, the coverage area of the standard deviational ellipse is increasing, indicates the expanding of spatial distribution of industrial soot and dust emissions in China. Furthermore, the standard deviational ellipse center of industrial soot and dust emissions in China gradually moved from Henan Province to Shanxi Province. In the meantime, the spatial distribution of industrial soot and dust emissions in China tends to be stable after great changes. 4) The global Moran’s I of industrial soot and dust emissions in China changed from 0.126 to 0.312 at 5% significance test. Thus, there was a spatial correlation in the spatial distribution of industrial soot and dust emissions in China. Furthermore, the number of provinces in hotspots and coldspots of industrial soot and dust emissions in China increased, provinces in transition-spots and sub-hotspots decreased, while the number of provinces in sub-coldspots unchanged. 5) The increase of energy consumption, proportion of secondary industry, population density and economic development level will increase the emission of industrial soot and dust, while the improvement of foreign investment level, governance technology level and strength of environmental regulation will help to reduce the emission of industrial soot and dust.

Key words: emission of industrial soot and dust, spatial spillover, spatial dubin model, provincial unit

CLC Number: 

  • F061.5