Environmental cost and pollution risk caused by the industrial transfer in Qinghai Province

doi:10.1007/s11707-014-0403-5

Front. Earth Sci.

2014, Vol. 8

Issue (3) : 362-374 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11707-014-0403-5

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Environmental cost and pollution risk caused by the industrial transfer in Qinghai Province

Qun’ou JIANG¹,Chengcai TANG²,Jinyan ZHAN^3,^*(

),Wei ZHANG¹,Feng WU³

1. School of Soil and Water Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100038, China
2. School of Tourism Management, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing 100024, China
3. State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

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Abstract

With the rising pressure due to energy consumption and costs of environmental protection and recovery, industrial transfer from the eastern to central and western areas has surged in China. However, extremely fragile ecological conditions and severe water shortage are significant hurdles for industry development in Western China. Whether the vulnerable environment can bear the pollution caused by the transferred industry from Eastern China becomes a significant issue. This study firstly estimates energy and environmental costs in different areas of China, and assesses the necessity to upgrade the industrial structure of Qinghai Province. Then the emissions of waste water, waste gas, and smoke caused by transferred industries are calculated by Input-Output Model. On the basis of the effect analysis of waste emission on environment, pollution risks of Qinghai province are assessed. The results illustrate that the costs of environmental protection and recovery in China have a gradient distribution, of which the energy efficiency is lower while environmental costs are higher in Western China. Industrial structure adjustment has different impacts on the pollution of different sectors. Although the development of machinery and equipment, hotels and catering services, and real estate, leasing, and business services has increased the emission of pollutants, it is offset by the decreasing emissions caused by other industries such as construction and metal products. Therefore, although economic development will increase environmental pollution, industrial adjustments can effectively decrease waste water and waste gas emissions to reduce the pollution risk. It should be noted that there are still tremendous challenges for industrial transfer in Qinghai Province to coordinate the environment and industry development.

Keywords environmental cost industrial transfer energy pollution risk Qinghai

Corresponding Author(s): Jinyan ZHAN

Issue Date: 04 July 2014

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Qun’ou JIANG,Chengcai TANG,Jinyan ZHAN, et al. Environmental cost and pollution risk caused by the industrial transfer in Qinghai Province[J]. Front. Earth Sci., 2014, 8(3): 362-374.

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Tab.1 Energy-economy-environment input-output table (mixed type)

Fig.1 Energy and resources consumption in different regions in 2007.

Fig.2 Waste emission in different regions in China in 2007.

Fig.3 Industrial structure in Qinghai Province.

Fig.4 The relationship of pollutant emission and economic growth in Qinghai province (Bureau of Statistics of Qinghai Province, 1991-2011).

Fig.5 Gross output value in 2002 and 2007 in Qinghai Province.

Fig.6 Percentage of gross output of Qinghai Province in the whole country.

Fig.7 Industrial transfer from 2002 to 2007 in Qinghai Province.

Fig.8 Influence coefficient and response coefficient of sectors.

Tab.2 Changes in the pollutant discharge due to adjustment of industrial structure (Unit: 10⁴ tons)

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