Industrial SO₂ pollution and agricultural losses in China: evidence from heavy air polluters

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• 作者：Jiuchang Wei ; Xiumei Guo ; Dora Marinova ; Jin Fan
• 关键词：Yield loss ; Sulphur dioxide ; Externalities ; Chinese counties ; Air quality monitoring ; Impact pathway
• 刊名：Journal of Cleaner Production
• 出版年：1 February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：64
• 期：Complete
• 页码：404-413
• 全文大小：528 K

文摘

This paper aims to assess the agricultural losses caused by the 2069 state-monitored heavily air polluting enterprises located in 899 Chinese counties. We examine the correlation between per capita number of state-monitored enterprises and other socio-economic indices to show the negative impacts of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) industrial air pollution on agricultural development in the regions. Despite these enterprises being the main drivers of economic development in China's counties, surrounding agricultural land continues to be degraded because of the associated SO₂ emissions. The cost of agricultural losses due to pollution is estimated at US$ 1.43 billion, representing 0.66% of the total agricultural value added of the 899 Chinese counties. The findings highlight the importance of cleaner production and have policy implications for dealing with industrial air pollution.