Impact of Income, Density, and Population Size on PM2.5 Pollutions: A Scaling Analysis of 254 Large Cities in Six Developed Countries
- Authors
- Kim, Moon-Jung; Chang, Yu-Sang; Kim, Su-Min
- Issue Date
- Sep-2021
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Keywords
- City income per capita; Environmental Kuznet curve; PM2.5 concentrations; Population density; Population size; STIRPAT model; Threshold regression
- Citation
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, v.18, no.17
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 17
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/82172
- DOI
- 10.3390/ijerph18179019
- ISSN
- 1661-7827
- Abstract
- Despite numerous studies on multiple socio-economic factors influencing urban PM2.5 pollution in China, only a few comparable studies have focused on developed countries. We analyzed the impact of three major socio-economic factors (i.e., income per capita, population density, and population size of a city) on PM2.5 concentrations for 254 cities from six developed countries. We used the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence and Technology (STIRPAT) model with three separate data sets covering the period of 2001 to 2013. Each data set of 254 cities were further categorized into five subgroups of cities ranked by variable levels of income, density, and population. The results from the multivariate panel regression revealed a wide variation of coefficients. The most consistent results came from the six income coefficients, all of which met the statistical test of significance. All income coefficients except one carried negative signs, supporting the applicability of the environmental Kuznet curve. In contrast, the five density coefficients produced statistically significant positive signs, supporting the results from previous studies. However, we discovered an interesting U-shaped distribution of density coefficients across the six subgroups of cities, which may be unique to developed countries with urban pollution. The results from the population coefficients were not conclusive, which is similar to the results of previous studies. Implications from the results of this study for urban and national policy makers are discussed. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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