Tracing Primary PM2.5 emissions via Chinese supply chains

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 10; no. 5; pp. 054005 - 54016
• Main Authors: Meng, Jing, Liu, Junfeng, Xu, Yuan, Tao, Shu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.05.2015
• Subjects: Construction; Construction industry; Economic sectors; Economics; Emissions; Haze; input-output analysis; Metal industry; Particulate matter; PM2.5; Power consumption; principal component analysis; Principal components analysis; structural path analysis; supply chain; Supply chains; Transportation; Urbanization; China

In this study, we examine a supply-chain approach to more effectively mitigate primary PM2.5 emissions in China from the perspectives of production, consumption and their linkages using structural path analysis. We identify the pattern of all supply chain paths using principal component analysis. To...