Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model
Soil pollution by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is a persistent environmental challenge aggravated by urbanization processes. This study investigated the 21-year (2000 to 2021) spatiotemporal evolution of 7 key PTEs (Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, and As) in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and explore...
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| author | Siyu Wang Yizhong Huan Shun Li Zhonglin Xu Riqi Zhang Yang Zhao Qijia Lou Guangjin Zhou |
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| description | Soil pollution by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is a persistent environmental challenge aggravated by urbanization processes. This study investigated the 21-year (2000 to 2021) spatiotemporal evolution of 7 key PTEs (Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, and As) in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and explored the driving socioeconomic factors using an enhanced STIRPAT (stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology) model considering population, economy, technology, urbanization, and transportation. Results showed a continuous accumulation of PTEs with significant increases in Cu, Zn, Ni, and As concentrations (P < 0.001). Health risks associated with economic growth intensified initially but slowed after 2015, indicating emerging pollution control effects. The dominant socioeconomic drivers shifted across stages: industrial restructuring (2000 to 2005), population–technology synergy (2006 to 2010), green infrastructure (2011 to 2015), and the economic–industrial complex (2016 to 2021). These findings link socioeconomic transformations to soil PTE dynamics, offering insights for stage-specific pollution management in rapidly developing megaregions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eacd7156389e4be2adc37a5104c8a0912025-08-20T02:55:11ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Ecosystem Health and Sustainability2332-88782025-01-011110.34133/ehs.0388Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT ModelSiyu Wang0Yizhong Huan1Shun Li2Zhonglin Xu3Riqi Zhang4Yang Zhao5Qijia Lou6Guangjin Zhou7College of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.College of Humanities and Development Studies, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, China.Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.College of Ecology and Environment, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, Xinjiang, China.Centre for Environmental Policy, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0BD, UK.Key Laboratory of Land Surface Pattern and Simulation, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.Satellite Application Center for Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Beijing 100035, China.Soil pollution by potentially toxic elements (PTEs) is a persistent environmental challenge aggravated by urbanization processes. This study investigated the 21-year (2000 to 2021) spatiotemporal evolution of 7 key PTEs (Pb, Cr, Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, and As) in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and explored the driving socioeconomic factors using an enhanced STIRPAT (stochastic impacts by regression on population, affluence, and technology) model considering population, economy, technology, urbanization, and transportation. Results showed a continuous accumulation of PTEs with significant increases in Cu, Zn, Ni, and As concentrations (P < 0.001). Health risks associated with economic growth intensified initially but slowed after 2015, indicating emerging pollution control effects. The dominant socioeconomic drivers shifted across stages: industrial restructuring (2000 to 2005), population–technology synergy (2006 to 2010), green infrastructure (2011 to 2015), and the economic–industrial complex (2016 to 2021). These findings link socioeconomic transformations to soil PTE dynamics, offering insights for stage-specific pollution management in rapidly developing megaregions.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ehs.0388 |
| spellingShingle | Siyu Wang Yizhong Huan Shun Li Zhonglin Xu Riqi Zhang Yang Zhao Qijia Lou Guangjin Zhou Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model Ecosystem Health and Sustainability |
| title | Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model |
| title_full | Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model |
| title_fullStr | Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model |
| title_short | Socioeconomic Development Effects on Soil Toxic Elements in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Using Enhanced STIRPAT Model |
| title_sort | socioeconomic development effects on soil toxic elements in beijing tianjin hebei using enhanced stirpat model |
| url | https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ehs.0388 |
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