Spatial Variation of the Effect of Multidimensional Urbanization on PM2.5 Concentration in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) Urban Agglomeration.

ABSTRACT: Atmospheric PM2.5 pollution has become a prominent environmental problem in China, posing considerable threat to sustainable development. The primary driver of PM2.5 pollution in China is urbanization, and its relationship with PM2.5 concentration has attracted considerable recent academic interest. However, the spatial heterogeneity of the effect of urbanization on PM2.5 concentration has not been fully explored. This study sought to fill this knowledge gap by focusing on the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) urban agglomeration. Urbanization was decomposed into economic urbanization, population urbanization, and land urbanization, and four corresponding indicators were selected. A geographically weighted regression model revealed that the impact of multidimensional urbanization on PM2.5 concen

SUBMITTER: Huang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8624147 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature