PM2.5, Household Income, and Health Hazard: The Role of Economic Integration in the Process of Decarbonization in the Developing Economies

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Environmental Science

Fenglin Cai¹  Shengyang Zhong²  Farzana Munir³  Xue Jiang⁴ 

[1] Department of Cultural Industry Management, School of Communication, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China;Department of Real Estate Studies, School of Business Administration, Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea;School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan;School of Science and Technology of Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hongkong, China;

关键词: health hazard;    PM;    environment policies;    economic integration;    fossil energy;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fenvs.2022.919413

 received in 2022-04-13, accepted in 2022-05-18,  发布年份 2022

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The goal of this study is to examine the impact of household income and air pollution on the health of developing-country residents. The panel dataset of twelve developing nations used for this purpose. High levels of fine particulate matter in the air are linked to increased health problems, and lower incomes for households in the economies studied. However, effective environmental management and renewable energy resources have a significant role in controlling the harmful impact of fine particulate matter in the air. It highlights that developing economies could lower the fine particulate matter in the air by strengthening the regional environmental policies and adopting renewable resources. In emerging countries, environmentally friendly strategies and the shift from carbon base to non-carbon-based energy would minimize pollution in the atmosphere and improve the quality of life for inhabitants and other organisms. Improved quality of life and lower levels of fine particulate matter pollution are expected to increase people’s per capita income in the region. Finally, air pollution is a transboundary phenomenon; therefore, strict compliance with environmental protection policies at the regional level is a prerequisite for improved quality of the natural environment.

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