Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment

Wan, Guanghu; Wang, Chen

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“…Urbanization is considered as a main indicator of regional economic development due to its positive effect on promoting industrial development, but many regions, especially developing countries, have trouble of its negative effect-the aggravation of environmental pollution (Wan and Wang [7]). The relationship between economic development and environmental pollution has been analyzed by early representative works such as Grossman and Krueger [8,9] and Panayotou [10], which similarly proposed the Environmental Kuznets Curve (i.e., the EKC theory).…”

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Urbanization and Its Effects on Industrial Pollutant Emissions: An Empirical Study of a Chinese Case with the Spatial Panel Model

Jin

2016

Sustainability

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Abstract:Urbanization is considered a main indicator of regional economic development due to its positive effect on promoting industrial development; however, many regions, especially developing countries, have troubled in its negative effect-the aggravating environmental pollution. Many researchers have addressed that the rapid urbanization stimulated the expansion of the industrial production and increased the industrial pollutant emissions. However, this statement is exposed to a grave drawback in that urbanization not only expands industrial production but also improves labor productivity and changes industrial structure. To make up this drawback, we first decompose the influence of urbanization impacts on the industrial pollutant emissions into the scale effect, the intensive effect, and the structure effect by using the Kaya Identity and the LMDI Method; second, we perform an empirical study of the three effects by applying the spatial panel model on the basis of the data from 282 prefecture-level cities of China from 2003 to 2014. Our results indicate that (1) there are significant reverse U-shapes between China's urbanization rate and the volume of industrial wastewater discharge, sulfur dioxide emissions and soot (dust) emissions; (2) the relationship between China's urbanization and the industrial pollutant emissions depends on the scale effect, the intensive effect and the structure effect jointly. Specifically, the scale effect and the structure effect tend to aggravate the industrial wastewater discharge, the sulfur dioxide emissions and the soot (dust) emissions in China's cities, while the intensive effect results in decreasing the three types of industrial pollutant emissions; (3) there are significant spatial autocorrelations of the industrial pollutant emissions among China's cities, but the spatial spillover effect is non-existent or non-significant. We attempt to explain this contradiction due to the fact that the vast rural areas around China's cities serve as sponge belts and absorb the spatial spillover of the industrial pollutant emissions from cities. According to the results, we argue the decomposition of the three effects is necessary and meaningful, it establishes a cornerstone in understanding the definite relationship between urbanization and industrial pollutant emissions, and effectively contributes to the relative policy making.

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Urbanization and Its Effects on Industrial Pollutant Emissions: An Empirical Study of a Chinese Case with the Spatial Panel Model

Jin

2016

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“…Geographical CA is a commonly used model in simulating urban land development [56,57] and comprises four basic parameters: cells, state, neighborhood, and transformation rules. The state of each cell at time t + 1 is decided by the state of the cell itself and its surroundings and the transformation rules at time t. This can be expressed by Equation (6).…”

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“…The urban-rural spatial structure, a regional reflection of humans' social, economic, and cultural activities under specific circumstances, illustrates the spatial dichotomy between urban and rural areas. In addition, with the rapid development of urbanization, urban sprawl has brought great challenges to urban and rural eco-environments [6][7][8], especially in China [9,10]. How to protect and maintain ecosystem security during the process of urban growth, to resolve the contradiction between This study offers two contributions to knowledge: (1) This study attempts to construct an integrated simulation model to simulate urban-rural spatial structures; and (2) this study offers an analysis of Harbin's urban-rural spatial structure on a regional scale from an ecological perspective.…”

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Simulation of an Urban-Rural Spatial Structure on the Basis of Green Infrastructure Assessment: The Case of Harbin, China

Guo

Bai

2019

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Due to their long-term dual structures and rapid urbanization, cities and villages in developing countries are undergoing the challenges of urban-rural integration and ecological security. This study aims to determine the pattern of urban-rural spatial structures under the circumstances of ecological security in the future to promote the integrated, coordinated, green, and sustainable development of urban-rural spaces. Using a quantitative evaluation method, the logistic-CA model, the LCP (least cost path) model, and a classification of ecological importance, this study constructed an integrated simulation model based on a green infrastructure assessment and applied the model to simulate and predict the urban-rural spatial structure of the Harbin city territory (Harbin) in 2035. The results indicate that the urban-rural hierarchical scale structure of Harbin comprises a central city, sub-central city, central town, major town, common town, central village, and general village. The urban-rural traffic network structure forms a pattern of “radiation + grid”, with Harbin city at the center of the structure. The urban-rural land use zoning structure consists of eco-spaces, agricultural spaces, and construction spaces. It can be concluded that in 2035, the urban-rural spatial structure of Harbin will show an increasing development tendency, where single-center, medium, and small cities in will Harbin develop, and traffic systems above the county level will also improve.

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“…V prvotních fázích byla urbanizace spojena se vzrůstajícím znečištěním měst a s rostoucí produkcí skleníkových plynů. V poslední době se situace zlepšuje, jelikož urbanizace může i pomoci při řešení degradace životního prostředí, protože vede k poklesu míry plodnosti, zvyšování úrovně vzdělání, v čase rostoucí podpoře ekologizace, postupnému nahrazování současných technologií technologiemi, které jsou šetrnější k životnímu prostředí a přemísťování průmyslu z městských center na okraje měst (Wan, Wang, 2014). Rozvoj předměstí pomáhá vytvářet prostor pro alokaci kapitálu, který podporuje industrializaci předměstí a tím je i celkově posilována prosperita a ekonomická výkonnost měst a rozvoj bydlení na předměstích velkých čínských měst (Shen, Wu, 2016).…”

Section: číNská Lidová Republika -Důsledky a Aktuální Trendy Urbanizaceunclassified

Urbanizační trendy ve vybraných východoasijských státech

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2019

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The aim of the article is to identify and describe the basic locally specific aspects of the urbanization process in selected Asian countries that must be currently dealt with by both central government and local governments, due to urbanization dynamics that have been growing significantly over the past few decades, and to focus on the starting points for sustainable development in the future from the urbanization perspective. With regard to the individual countries, the article focuses on China, the Republic of Korea and Japan. The main method applied is desk research based on the analysis of current professional scientific publications and subsequent mutual comparative analysis of the findings. Different trends can currently be seen in the analysed countries, but similar parallels can be observed in terms of time development.

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Unprecedented Urbanisation in Asia and Its Impacts on the Environment

Cited by 39 publications

References 14 publications

Urbanization and Its Effects on Industrial Pollutant Emissions: An Empirical Study of a Chinese Case with the Spatial Panel Model

Urbanization and Its Effects on Industrial Pollutant Emissions: An Empirical Study of a Chinese Case with the Spatial Panel Model

Simulation of an Urban-Rural Spatial Structure on the Basis of Green Infrastructure Assessment: The Case of Harbin, China

Urbanizační trendy ve vybraných východoasijských státech

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