Spatio-temporal distribution of Chinese cities' air quality and the impact of high-speed rail

Q Liu, H Li, W Shang, K Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Chinese government has set a goal to reach carbon peak and achieve carbon neutrality,
endeavoring to gradually realize net-zero carbon dioxide (CO 2) emission. Moreover, the …

Exploring spatial heterogeneity in the high-speed rail impact on air quality

Y Huang, L Ma, J Cao - Journal of Transport Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
As high-speed rail (HSR) proliferates, there is a growing interest in examining its impact on
air quality. Previous studies have largely ignored its heterogeneous effects among air …

Evaluating the impact of high-speed rail on county-level air quality in China

L Zhao, X Zhang, F Zhao - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2020 - Elsevier
HSR can improve air quality at the city-level, but it is still a lack of evidence from the county-
level. Due to the spatial interaction effect of air quality, the spatial econometric method is …

Does high-speed railway reduce air pollution along highways?——Evidence from China

X Guo, W Sun, S Yao, S Zheng - Transportation Research Part D: Transport …, 2020 - Elsevier
Evaluating the environmental effects of the transportation infrastructure is vitally important.
Many studies have verified the effects imposed by intra-city rail transit (metro, light rail or …

The impact of high-speed rail on air quality in counties: econometric study with data from southern Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, China

L Zhao, X Zhang, F Zhao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
High-speed rail (HSR) is considered a safe, fast, comfortable and ecological mode of
transportation, which has profoundly changed the way passengers travel. However, how …

High-speed rail and CO2 emissions in urban China: A spatial difference-in-differences approach

R Jia, S Shao, L Yang - Energy Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
As the most important emerging transportation technology, high-speed rail (HSR) can
reshape regional economic development patterns and exert an important effect on the …

High-speed rail development and urban environmental efficiency in China: a city-level examination

X Sun, S Yan, T Liu, J Wu - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2020 - Elsevier
High-speed rail (HSR) is among the most efficient and environmentally friendly
transportation methods available today. Following a phase of rapid HSR development …

Reducing carbon emissions: can high-speed railway contribute?

W Zhang, M Zeng, Y Zhang, CW Su - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
High-speed railway (HSR) is expected to be a breakthrough in reducing carbon emissions
from China's transport network. This study employs the staggered difference-in-differences …

High-speed rail accessibility and haze pollution in China: A spatial econometrics perspective

F Zhang, F Wang, S Yao - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2021 - Elsevier
With deteriorating air quality in Chinese cities, high-speed rail (HSR) has attracted serious
attention as an efficient transportation system to contain haze pollution across the country …

Spatiotemporal heterogeneity analysis of air quality in the Yangtze River Delta, China

L Miao, C Liu, X Yang, MP Kwan, K Zhang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a great concern due to its adverse health effects, and reducing air pollution is
a major challenge worldwide. Utilizing the air quality monitoring data of the Yangtze River …