Health implications of improved air quality from Beijing's driving restriction policy

Yan Liu; Zhijun Yan; Chao Dong

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.049

Health implications of improved air quality from Beijing's driving restriction policy

Yan Liu, Zhijun Yan^*, Chao Dong

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Beijing Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Driving restrictions is one policy that Beijing enforces to alleviate traffic congestion and air pollution. Based on a before-after comparative research design with general additive models (GAM), we evaluated the effects of Beijing's driving restriction policy on air pollution and public health. The results showed that driving restrictions significantly lowered the risk of hazardous pollution and brought valuable health benefits. Moreover, the health effects of the driving restriction policy were stronger in the cold season, for females and for residents above 65 years old. The findings imply that driving restrictions in Beijing offer substantial environmental and health benefits.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	323-328
Number of pages	6
Journal	Environmental Pollution
Volume	219
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.049
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2016

Keywords

Air quality
Driving restriction
Emergency room visit
Hospital admission
Outpatient visit
Respiratory disease

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