An Empirical Study of the Impact of the Air Transportation Industry Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Projects on the Local Economy in China

作者：Chen, Yuxiu; Yu, Jian^*; Li, Li; Li, Linlin; Li, Long; Zhou, Jie^*; Tsai, Sang-Bing^*; Chen, Quan

来源：International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018, 15(4): 812.

DOI：10.3390/ijerph15040812

• energy conservation and emission reduction
• benefits
• air transport
• input-output method
• green environment
• green operation
• sustainable development

Green development has been of particular interest to a range of industries worldwide, one of which being the air transportation industry (ATI). The energy conservation and emission reduction (ECER) projects of the ATI have a huge impact on the local economy. In this study, the input-output method was used to analyze the indirect economic impact of the implementation of the ECER projects of the ATI on the local economy of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region. We examined the direct benefits, backward spread effects, forward spread effects, and consumption multiplier effects. The final results showed that the comprehensive economic income from 2011-2013 in the BTH region reached RMB 4.74 billion. The results revealed that the ECER projects commissioned by the ATI were worth investing from both the economic and social benefits perspectives. To increase the green development effects and promote the sustainable development of the ATI, the special funds provided by the Civil Aviation Administration of China should be invested intensively in basic green technology research and setting green regulating and governance rules.

• 出版日期2018-4
• 单位电子科技大学; 南京航空航天大学; 南开大学; 中国民航大学