Acta Geographica Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 74 ›› Issue (12): 2614-2630.doi: 10.11821/dlxb201912014

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Spatio-temporal evolution patterns and influencing factors of PM2.5 in Chinese urban agglomerations

WANG Zhenbo1,2(), LIANG Longwu1,2, WANG Xujing3   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing 100101, China
    2. College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. School of Geography Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 321004, Shanxi, China
  • Received:2019-03-07 Revised:2019-11-23 Online:2019-12-25 Published:2019-12-25
  • Contact: WANG Zhenbo E-mail:wangzb@igsnrr.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Plan(2017YFC0505702);National Natural Science Foundation of China(41771181);Open Fund Project of New Urbanization Research Institute of Tsinghua University(TUCSU-K-17015-01)

Abstract:

As the main form of China new urbanization, urban agglomerations are the important platform to support national economic growth, promote regional coordinated development and participate in international competition and cooperation, but they are also the core area of air pollution. This paper selects PM2.5 data from NASA atmospheric remote sensing image inversion from 2000 to 2015, and uses GIS spatial analysis and Spatial Durbin Model to reveal the temporal and spatial evolution pattern characteristics and main controlling factors of PM2.5 in China's urban agglomerations. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) From 2000 to 2015, the PM2.5 concentration of China urban agglomerations showed a volatility growth trend. In 2007, there was an inflection point. The number of low-concentration cities declined, and the number of high-concentration cities increased. (2) The concentration of PM2.5 in urban agglomerations was in the pattern of high in the east and and low in the west, with the "Hu Huanyong Line" as the boundary. The spatial difference between urban agglomerations is significant, and the difference is increasing. The concentration of PM2.5 is growing faster in urban agglomerations in the eastern and northeastern regions. (3) The urban agglomeration of PM2.5 has a significant spatial concentration. The hot spots are concentrated to the east of the "Hu Huanyong Line", and the number of cities continues to rise. The cold spots are concentrated to the west of the "Hu Huanyong Line", and the number of cities continues to decline. (4) There is a significant spatial spillover effect of PM2.5 pollution among cities within urban agglomerations. The main controlling factors of PM2.5 pollution in different urban agglomerations have significant differences. Industrialization and energy consumption have a significant positive impact on PM2.5 pollution. Foreign direct investment has a significant negative impact on PM2.5 pollution in the southeast coastal and border urban agglomerations. Population density has the significant positive impact on PM2.5 pollution in the region, and has the opposite result in the neighbouring areas. Urbanization level has a negative impact on PM2.5 pollution in national-level urban agglomerations, and has the opposite result in regional and local urban agglomerations. The high degree of industrial structure has a significant negative impact on PM2.5 pollution in the region, and has the opposite result in the neighboring regions. Technical support has a significant impact on PM2.5 pollution, but there are also lag effects and rebound effects.

Key words: urban agglomeration, PM2.5, spatial-temporal evolution, influencing factor, spatial Durbin Model