Title: Research on the synergistic degree assessment methods and its applications of air pollution collaborative governance in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration

Authors: Peng Wang; Yannan Luo; Xiuyan Han

Addresses: College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211106, China ' College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 211106, China ' School of Economics, Qufu Normal University – Rizhao Campus, Rizhao, 276826, China

Abstract: This paper selects 26 specific indicators in five categories: policy synergy, action synergy, timeliness synergy, investment synergy, and ecological synergy to construct a system of indicators. The rebuilt complex system order degree model, in combination with government statistics and expert survey results on synergy status, assesses collaborative control in 27 urban agglomeration cities, validating the order degree model's effectiveness. This paper finds that the subsystem order degree model can assess atmosphere pollution collaborative control synergy in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration (YRDUA). The assessment results for atmosphere pollution control synergy were 0.2928 in 2013, 0.7582 in 2018, and 0.8394 in 2021. These comprehensive results reflect synergy levels but not the effect of collaborative atmosphere pollution control in the YRDUA.

Keywords: atmosphere pollution collaborative control; synergistic degree; synergy degree assessment; YRDUA; Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration; order degree model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2023.137985

International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 2023 Vol.72 No.2/3/4, pp.156 - 177

Received: 09 Sep 2023
Accepted: 12 Dec 2023
Published online: 15 Apr 2024 *

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