Evolution of Romania's Economic Structure and Environment Degradation - An Assessment Through LMDI Decomposition Approach.

Autor: Andrei JV; National Institute for Economic Research 'Costin C. Kirițescu', Bucharest, Romania., Avram S; National Institute for Economic Research 'Costin C. Kirițescu', Bucharest, Romania., Băncescu I; National Institute for Economic Research 'Costin C. Kirițescu', Bucharest, Romania., Gâf Deac II; National Institute for Economic Research 'Costin C. Kirițescu', Bucharest, Romania., Gheorghe C; National Institute for Economic Research 'Costin C. Kirițescu', Bucharest, Romania.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Risk management and healthcare policy [Risk Manag Healthc Policy] 2021 Aug 24; Vol. 14, pp. 3505-3521. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 24 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S299617
Abstrakt: Purpose: This paper studies the relationships between air pollutants (PM 10 , PM 2.5 , N 2 O) and different diseases (tumors, skin and respiratory) and the factors influencing air pollutant emissions in Romania.
Methods: The methods are Toda-Yamamoto procedure of non-causality Granger test, grey relational analysis and logarithmic mean Divisia index method (LMDI).
Results: Air pollutants intensities dropped significantly over 2008-2017 period due to structural changes. The only economic activity that showed an increase both in volume and intensity of air pollutants, despite a downward trend of farming activities output is agriculture. Technology improvements play a significant role in mitigation of PM 2.5 emissions and a moderate role in mitigation of PM 10 emissions. For N 2 O emissions technology used contributed to an increase of N 2 O intensities.
Conclusion: Health policy makers should address the issue of technology improvements and mitigation of agriculture emissions to improve health of individuals and air quality.
Competing Interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.
(© 2021 Andrei et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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