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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Are the Benefits of a High-Emission Vehicle Driving Area Restriction Policy Greater than the Costs?

Jia Zhou, Hongqiang Jiang, Xi Cheng, Yaling Lu, Wei Zhang, Zhanfeng Dong

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Evaluating the Cost-Effectiveness of Air Pollution Mitigation Strategies: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Jia ZhouThe Center of Enterprise Green Governance, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China.
Hongqiang JiangState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Planning and Policy Simulation, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China.
Xi ChengState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Planning and Policy Simulation, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China.
Yaling LuState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Planning and Policy Simulation, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China.
Wei ZhangState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Planning and Policy Simulation, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China.
Zhanfeng DongThe Center of Enterprise Green Governance, Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning, Beijing 100012, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

China implemented a vehicle driving area restriction policy to control air pollution by delimiting a no-driving area for high-emission vehicles (HEVs). Current academic research does not evaluate the benefits and costs of this policy based on vehicle level and lacks evidence at the regional level. Therefore, a cost-benefit analysis method is developed to evaluate the benefits and the costs of this policy, based on 2.128 million HEVs in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) region from 2008 to 2015. The benefits, the costs, and net benefits of this policy were CNY 98.49, CNY 5.80 and CNY 92.69 billion. The cost-benefit ratios of the BTH region, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei were 1:16.98, 1:20.88, 1:14.52 and 1:16.55, respectively. Beijing's cost-benefit ratio was the maximum at the city scale. This work can provide scientific support for promoting driving area restriction policies on older gasoline vehicles and older diesel vehicles, the improvement of cost-benefit analysis and efficient decision-making for the Chinese government.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionBeijingChinaEnvironmental MonitoringParticulate MatterVehicle EmissionsAir PollutantsParticulate MatterVehicle EmissionsBeijing–Tianjin–Hebei regioncost–benefit analysishigh-emission vehiclerestrictionscrappagevehicle driving area restriction policy

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PMID36497863
PMCPMC9738671

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