The Consequences of Spatially Differentiated Water Pollution Regulation in China

Zhao, Chen; Kahn, Matthew E.; Liu, Yu; Wang, Zhi

doi:10.3386/w22507

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“…The results in Table 3 show that water pollution in all cities has significantly decreased after water delivery. However, the reduction of water pollution may also be caused by environmental regulation policies caused by the SNWTP's water delivery, rather than the direct impact of the project itself 46 . Therefore, it is necessary to examine whether the year type ( year ) can affect water pollution by altering environmental policies.…”

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Can interbasin water transfer affect water consumption and pollution? Lessons from China's South–North water transfer project

Sheng

Tang

2020

Env Pol Gov

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Interbasin water transfer has become a means by which countries around the world solve the problem of water shortage. Moreover, interbasin water transfers may also stimulate stronger controls over water pollution control in water-receiving areas. However, most existing literature fails to examine the impacts of interbasin water transfers on water consumption and pollution from the perspective of the complex entanglement between human activities and environmental change. In order to respond to this research gap, this study establishes an improved human-environment model that considers the impacts of interbasin water transfer, and uses data about China's South-North Water Transfer Project to empirically study the temporal and spatial effects of interbasin water transfers. The results show that interbasin water transfer not only fails to improve water consumption in water-receiving cities but also further restricts residents' water use due to the high water price caused by this project. Furthermore, interbasin water transfers also fail to reduce water pollution in water-receiving cities-levels of water pollution depend more on external environmental policies. These results have some implications for understanding the interbasin water transfers in authoritarian states: although interbasin water transfers do not affect water consumption and pollution, authoritarian states can maintain and consolidate their political legitimacy by gaining public trust through interbasin water transfers.

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Can interbasin water transfer affect water consumption and pollution? Lessons from China's South–North water transfer project

Sheng

Tang

2020

Env Pol Gov

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“…The transportation sector is also a major creator of local air pollution especially when the vehicle stock features older vehicles using low-quality fuels (Davis and Kahn, 2010). Industry often contributes greatly to both air and water pollution (Muller et al, 2011;Chen et al, 2018). Not all pollution is produced locally.…”

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Pollution's Role in Reducing Urban Quality of Life in the Developing World

Kahn¹,

Lozano‐Gracia²,

Soppelsa³

2020

Journal of Economic Surveys

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This paper surveys the recent literature exploring the consequences of urban pollution in the developing world for a city's productivity and resident quality of life. The environmental Kuznets curve literature predicts that developing nations will experience significant environmental degradation as a byproduct of economic development. In contrast, the recent literature that we review reverses this logic by arguing that geographic areas featuring lower levels of pollution will experience economic growth through improvements in health and human capital. In an economy where pollution reduces worker productivity, inhibits child development and repels the skilled from living in such an area, those cities featuring less pollution have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining the skilled. Given the central role that human capital plays in urban economic growth, such cities will be more likely to achieve sustainable long-term growth.

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“…Those official documents strengthen policy enforcement and transmission to lower-level governments 24 .…”

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The Effect of Control Measures on COVID-19 Transmission and Work Resumption: International Evidence

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The Consequences of Spatially Differentiated Water Pollution Regulation in China

Cited by 54 publications

References 10 publications

Can interbasin water transfer affect water consumption and pollution? Lessons from China's South–North water transfer project

Can interbasin water transfer affect water consumption and pollution? Lessons from China's South–North water transfer project

Pollution's Role in Reducing Urban Quality of Life in the Developing World

The Effect of Control Measures on COVID-19 Transmission and Work Resumption: International Evidence

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