The opening of high-speed rail and environmental pollution of the Yangtze River Delta Region in China-based on SDID model test.

Abstract

In recent years, environmental problems have attracted attention at home and abroad, so exploring the causes of environmental pollution has become a research content for scholars. The opening of high-speed railway has improved the economic development of China's Yangtze River Delta, and with the economic growth, the construction of high-speed railway has also led to environmental pollution in China's Yangtze River Delta. Therefore, using the data from 41 prefecture-level cities in China's Yangtze River Delta from 2003 to 2020, the SDID model was constructed, and the comprehensive index of environmental pollution was calculated by factor analysis to calculate the impact of high-speed railway construction on environmental pollution in China's Yangtze River Delta. The conclusions are as follows: The opening of high-speed railway significantly reduces the overall pollution level in China's Yangtze River Delta. The opening of high-speed rail has played a role in restraining the environmental pollution of the first and second tier cities and the third and fourth tier cities, but the pollution level of the third and fourth tier cities has decreased significantly.