A new method for dividing the scopes and priorities of air pollution control based on environmental justice
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
A new method for dividing the scopes and priorities of air pollution control based on environmental justice Liwen Sun 1 & Juan Du 1 & Yifan Li 1 Received: 29 February 2020 / Accepted: 6 October 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Joint prevention and control of air pollution (JPCAP) is an inevitable choice for controlling air pollution in the future. The existing air pollution prevention and control methods pay less attention to environmental justice, which results in poor treatment effects; hence, a more reasonable method is imperative. The innovation of this work is to construct a new method for dividing the scope and priorities of JPCAP by introducing environmental justice. First, we analyze the distribution and injustice of air pollution, and then divide JPCAP regions based on environmental justice using a clustering method. Finally, by selecting indicators from the characteristics of air pollution, natural conditions, and trade, the Entropy-TOPSIS method is employed to define the priorities of the JPCAP regions. Accordingly, we divided Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, and its surrounding areas in China into four JPCAP regions. We also discovered key regions of air pollution control by determining the priorities of the four regions. The new method provides a practical guidance and a theoretical basis for regional joint control of air pollution. Keywords Regional air pollution . Regional scope . Priority evaluation . JPCAP . Environmental justice
Introduction Air pollution is one of the five most critical issues threatening the survival and development of human beings. The public and government have recognized that the joint prevention and control of air pollution (JPCAP) is an inevitable choice for controlling air pollution in the future (Cao and Lv 2014; Li et al. 2017). To date, China, as one of the countries with the most serious pollution, has made a series of positive explorations to facilitate JPCAP, in which “two controlled zones” for acid rain and sulfur dioxide are a prototype of JPCAP. In practice, for the convenience of policy-making and regional governance, the scope of JPCAP is directly defined based on the severity of environmental pollution or economic development planning areas. Responsible Editor: Nicholas Apergis Electronic supplementary materia The online version of this article https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11160-w contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. * Juan Du [email protected] 1
School of Economics and Management, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin Province 300401, Tianjin, China
However, the existing governance is characterized by shortterm planning, localized extent, and high cost due to unawareness of the equity and justice of joint governance. Environmental justice refers to the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, culture, national origin, income, and educational levels with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcem
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