We examine the air-quality effects of urban-rail development in Shenzhen, taking a
difference-in-differences approach. This study is motivated by existing mixed evidence on …

Given the important role of protected areas (PAs) in biological conservation and the huge
investment required to establish and manage them, it is essential to accurately assess the …

Vehicle ownership restriction (VOR) is considered effective in reducing traffic congestion
and air pollution. However, citizens manage to circumvent VOR by registering vehicles from …

Public transportation is an important factor that influences hotel selection by urban tourists,
but the role of public transportation in hotel demand is still not well understood, particularly …

Under China's “new normal,” urban agglomeration (UA) has become a new direction for
urbanization and regional coordinated development. The urban agglomeration in the middle …

With China's rapid economic development, particularly its accelerated urbanization, air
pollution has been one of the serious environmental issues across China. Most major cities …

As municipal solid waste severely threatens human health and the ecological environment,
since 2019, China has started to fully practice MSW sorting in all prefecture-level cities. In …

Background: A hospital group is an organizational integration strategy that has recently
been widely implemented in Chinese urban health systems to promote integrated care. This …

Although a decrease in the rate of Chinese inflation happens, it will still be higher than it was
before the global financial crisis. The international economy will continue to deteriorate in …

Taking 285 cities in China from 2005 to 2018 for example, this paper applied the propensity
score matching method combined with the difference-in-differences (DID) and spatial …