Title

Spatial Effects of Urban Transport on Air Pollution in Metropolitan Municipalities of Mexico

Author

GERZAIN AVILES POLANCO

Marco Antonio Almendárez Hernández

Luis Felipe Beltrán Morales

Alfredo Ortega Rubio

Access level

Open Access

Publication reference

URL/URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/13/8/1191

doi: DOI: 10.3390/atmos13081191

ISSN/ISSN: 2073-4433

Summary or description

"The objective of this work was to estimate the local effects and spatial spillover effects of the number of vehicles, use of urban public transport, and population density on nitrogen oxide emissions for 405 metropolitan municipalities in Mexico in 2016. To this end, a Spatial Durbin Model was estimated. We found positive direct effects of the number of vehicles and population density and negative direct effects of the use of urban public transport. The number of vehicles in circulation had negative spillover effects on the nitrogen oxide emissions of neighboring municipalities. These results indicate that the design of public policy programs aimed at reducing air pollution in Mexico should be based on coordination across metropolitan municipalities."

Publisher

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Publish date

2022

Publication type

Article

Publication version

Published Version

Format

application/pdf

Source

Atmosphere

Language

English

Citation suggestion

Avilés-Polanco, G.; Almendarez-Hernández, M.A.; Beltrán-Morales, L.F.; Ortega-Rubio, A. Spatial Effects of Urban Transport on Air Pollution in Metropolitan Municipalities of Mexico. Atmosphere 2022, 13, 1191. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/atmos13081191

Source repository

Repositorio Institucional CIBNOR

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