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Spatiotemporal variation and determinants of population's PM2.5 exposure risk in China, 1998–2017: a case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
- Source :
- Environmental Science & Pollution Research; Sep2020, Vol. 27 Issue 25, p31767-31777, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- PM<subscript>2.5</subscript> pollution has emerged as a global human health risk. The best measure of its impact is a population's PM<subscript>2.5</subscript> exposure (PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E), an index that simultaneously considers PM<subscript>2.5</subscript> concentrations and population spatial density. The spatiotemporal variation of PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E over the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region, which is the national capital region of China, was investigated using a Bayesian space-time model, and the influence patterns of the anthropic and geographical factors were identified using the GeoDetector model and Pearson correlation analysis. The spatial pattern of PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E maintained a stable structure over the BTH region's distinct terrain, which has been described as "high in the northwest, low in the southeast". The spatial difference of PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E intensified annually. An overall increase of 6.192 (95% CI 6.186, 6.203) ×10<superscript>3</superscript> μg/m<superscript>3</superscript> ∙ persons/km<superscript>2</superscript> per year occurred over the BTH region from 1998 to 2017. The evolution of PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E in the region can be described as "high value, high increase" and "low value, low increase", since human activities related to gross domestic product (GDP) and energy consumption (EC) were the main factors in its occurrence. GDP had the strongest explanatory power of 76% (P < 0.01), followed by EC and elevation (EL), which accounted for 61% (P < 0.01) and 40% (P < 0.01), respectively. There were four factors, proportion of secondary industry (PSI), normalized differential vegetation index (NDVI), relief amplitude (RA), and EL, associated negatively with PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E and four factors, GDP, EC, annual precipitation (AP), and annual average temperature (AAT), associated positively with PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E. Remarkably, the interaction of GDP and NDVI, which was 90%, had the greatest explanatory power for PPM<subscript>2.5</subscript>E ′ s diffusion and impact on the BTH region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09441344
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 25
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Science & Pollution Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 144857312
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09484-8