Hou, S, Zhao, X, Liu, Y et al. (7 more authors) (2022) Spatial analysis connects excess water pollution discharge, industrial production, and consumption at the sectoral level. npj Clean Water, 5. 4. ISSN 2059-7037
Abstract
Linking of consumption-industrial production-surface water deterioration‘ is essential for industrialised economies to understand the mechanism of industrial water pollution. However, such a connection may mislead policy decisions if sectoral details are lacking. This study investigated excess pollution discharge from 11,094 industrial enterprises comprising 22 economic sectors through setting discharge thresholds on 1,338 water function zones in Jiangsu Province, the most industrialised province in China. We further evaluated the contribution of final consumption in Chinese provinces to excess pollution discharge in Jiangsu via a national multi-region input-output table. Notably, despite typically heavy polluting sectors contributing the maximum excess pollution discharge, high-tech manufacturing sectors had a higher level of risk for excess pollution discharge. This was attributed to the spatial agglomeration of these sectors, with enterprises typically located in industrial parks. The increasing final consumption of specific sectors in both Jiangsu and other provinces may further drive excess pollution discharge in Jiangsu.
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 13:00 |
Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2023 08:27 |
Published Version: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41545-022-00152-7 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41545-022-00152-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183036 |