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Exploring the impact of narrowing urban-rural income gap on carbon emission reduction and pollution control
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259390 (2021), PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- Over the past four decades, China have experienced rapid economic growth but also a widening urban-rural income gap and deteriorating air quality. Based on the panel data of 30 provinces in China from 2006 to 2017, this paper investigates the effect of narrowing the urban-rural income gap on carbon emission reduction and pollution control by using OLS method. The empirical results indicate that: the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap has a positive impact on pollution control, while there are regional differences in the impact on carbon emission reduction. In the perspective of the whole country and central and western regions, the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap is conducive to carbon emission reduction. However, the narrowing of the urban-rural income gap increases carbon emissions in the eastern regions where economic development is at high level. This paper provides a theoretical basis and policy reference for promoting urban-rural integration and construction of ecological civilization.
- Subjects :
- Pollution
China
Asia
Natural resource economics
Economics
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Science
Air pollution
Social Sciences
Civilization
medicine.disease_cause
Human Geography
Urban Geography
Geographical Locations
Urban Environments
Development Economics
Urbanization
Air Pollution
Economic Growth
medicine
Air quality index
Geographic Areas
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Multidisciplinary
Geography
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Terrestrial Environments
Rural Areas
Carbon
Urban ecology
Greenhouse gas
People and Places
Earth Sciences
Medicine
Economic Development
Environmental Pollution
Panel data
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....df7819ec1277a01620e04c9eb0eb51c1