城镇生活污水排放与区域经济发展的实证研究

水污染和水资源短缺是我国经济增长面临的重大挑战。基于水资源的经济属性和水污染的演变机理,从城镇生活污水的视角实证分析了经济持续发展过程中,我国居民的水需求和水环境的变化态势。通过省际面板数据的考察发现,我国城镇生活污水排放不仅与城镇人口线性相关,而且还受城镇居民可支配收入、用水习惯、产业结构和政策规制等的影响。城镇生活污水问题的解决应立足于彰显水环境资源的价值属性,并建立以水权管理和排污权交易为核心的水资源管理制度体系。

Empirical Analysis of Urban Sewage Discharge and Regional Economic Development

Water pollution and water shortage are the major challenge in China's economic growth. Based on the economic attributes of water resources and the evolution law of water pollution, examines the residents' water needs and the changes of water environment in the process of sustained economic development from the perspective of urban domestic sewage. Empirical analysis with the inter-provincial data shows that apart from the urban population, the current factors impacting China's urban wastewater discharge mainly include the disposable income of urban residents, water use habits, industrial structure and regulatory policies, etc. Solution to the problem of urban domestic sewage should be based on highlighting the value of water resources and establish a water resources management system which regards water rights management and emissions trading as the core system.