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Landscape and Ecological Engineering
Published in: Landscape and Ecological Engineering 1/2014

01-01-2014 | Special Feature: Original Paper

Variations in air quality during rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China

Authors: Ti-Yuan Xia, Jun-ying Wang, Kun Song, Liang-jun Da

Published in: Landscape and Ecological Engineering | Issue 1/2014

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Abstract

Shanghai is the largest commercial and industrial city of China, but air quality issues have hindered its development in becoming a “global city.” This study used monitoring data on SO2, NO x , acid rain pH, dustfall, and total suspended particles (TSP) from the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center to evaluate and analyze the air quality in urban, suburban, and rural areas during the period 1983–2005. The results showed that the spatial pattern of air parameters was determined by the level of urbanization; thus, the higher the level of urbanization, the worse the air quality. On the whole, the atmospheric environment of the three spatial regions improved gradually because of economical growth and environmental protection since the 1990s. For the entire region of Shanghai, the relationship between the integrated air quality index and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was an N-shaped environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) due to decreasing air quality in suburban and rural areas this century. Thus, environmental controls should be increased in Shanghai, especially in developing suburban and rural areas during rapid urbanization.
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Metadata
Title
Variations in air quality during rapid urbanization in Shanghai, China
Authors
Ti-Yuan Xia
Jun-ying Wang
Kun Song
Liang-jun Da
Publication date
01-01-2014
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Landscape and Ecological Engineering / Issue 1/2014
Print ISSN: 1860-1871
Electronic ISSN: 1860-188X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11355-011-0174-z

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