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- Title
Environmental Pollution and Measurement of Low-Carbon Logistics Efficiency in China’s Logistics Industry.
- Authors
Meilong Shi
- Abstract
The rapid growth of transportation brought about by the emerging logistics industry has resulted in substantial air, water, and noise pollution. Low-carbon logistics can effectively accomplish energy conservation and emission reduction, ultimately reducing environmental pollution and achieving coordinated development of the logistics industry and ecological environment. To further analyse the environmental pollution caused by the development of China’s logistics industry, the efficiency of low-carbon logistics was measured. The literature on environmental pollution and low-carbon logistics efficiency caused by China and other countries logistics development has been combed, and then the causes of environmental pollution have been summarized. The DEA-BCC model was employed to measure the low-carbon logistics efficiency of 30 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) in China in 2016. Results show that the development of logistics industry in developed countries is early with relatively perfect system, thus causing less contamination. On the contrary, the pollution is more serious in developing countries because the logistics development mode is extensive. The logistics industry in China accounts for relatively high proportions of road transportation, causing air, water, and noise pollution. The provinces with a comprehensive efficiency value of 1 comprise only 20% of the national total, indicating that the overall low-carbon logistics efficiency in China is low. The provinces with a comprehensive efficiency value of 0.8 accounted for 36.67%, all located in the central and western regions of China. Policy recommendations for developing low-carbon logistics were put forward in five aspects, namely, improving the regulations on low-carbon logistics, establishing a carbon trading credit registration system, building a sound logistics recycling system, actively exploring low-carbon logistics education, and vigorously developing low-carbon logistics technologies. The research results of the study have a positive significance for fully understanding the status quo of environmental pollution caused by the logistics industry. The conclusions obtained can help promote low carbonization of the logistics industry and realize the coordinated development of the logistics industry and environment.
- Subjects
CHINA; LOGISTICS &; the environment; POLLUTION; ENERGY consumption; TRANSPORTATION &; the environment; TRANSPORTATION
- Publication
Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1339
- ISSN
0972-6268
- Publication type
Article