Air pollution control policies and impacts: A review

T Feng, Y Sun, Y Shi, J Ma, C Feng, Z Chen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air pollution, due to its detrimental impacts on the environment, economy, and human
health, has emerged as a significant global challenge. To curb air pollution, policymakers …

The 2020 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change

W Cai, C Zhang, HP Suen, S Ai, Y Bai, J Bao… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Left unmitigated, climate change poses a catastrophic risk to human
health, requiring an urgent and concerted response from every country. As the home to one …

The challenge of population aging for mitigating deaths from PM2.5 air pollution in China

F Xu, Q Huang, H Yue, X Feng, H Xu, C He… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Estimating the health burden of air pollution against the background of population aging is of
great significance for achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 3.9 which aims to …

The spatial spillover effect of urban sprawl and fiscal decentralization on air pollution: evidence from 269 cities in China

X Yang, J Wang, J Cao, S Ren, Q Ran, H Wu - Empirical Economics, 2021 - Springer
Air pollution is an important factor affecting the quality and sustainability of the development
of China's economy, and urban sprawl is also a typical by-product of the non-intensive …

Reversal of trends in global fine particulate matter air pollution

C Li, A van Donkelaar, MS Hammer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is the world's leading environmental health risk
factor. Quantification is needed of regional contributions to changes in global PM2. 5 …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of health and economic impacts of PM2. 5 and ozone pollution in China

Y Xie, H Dai, Y Zhang, Y Wu, T Hanaoka… - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Many studies have reported associations between air pollution and health impacts, but few
studies have explicitly differentiated the economic effects of PM 2.5 and ozone at China's …

Do constraints created by economic growth targets benefit sustainable development? Evidence from China

J Chai, Y Hao, H Wu, Y Yang - Business Strategy and the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An economic growth target is a declaration by policy authorities of commitment to that target
and the corresponding allocation of resources. The constraints created by economic growth …

PM2. 5 and O3 pollution during 2015–2019 over 367 Chinese cities: Spatiotemporal variations, meteorological and topographical impacts

S Zhao, D Yin, Y Yu, S Kang, D Qin, L Dong - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The strict Clean Air Action Plan has been in place by central and local government
in China since 2013 to alleviate haze pollution. In response to implementation of the Plan …

Valuation of air pollution externalities: comparative assessment of economic damage and emission reduction under COVID-19 lockdown

H Bherwani, M Nair, K Musugu, S Gautam… - Air Quality, Atmosphere …, 2020 - Springer
Air pollution (AP) is one of the major causes of health risks as it leads to widespread
morbidity and mortality each year. Its environmental impacts include acid rains, reduced …

Population ageing and deaths attributable to ambient PM2· 5 pollution: a global analysis of economic cost

H Yin, M Brauer, JJ Zhang, W Cai, S Navrud… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The health impacts of ambient air pollution impose large costs on society.
Although all people are exposed to air pollution, the older population (ie, those aged≥ 60 …