Positive Effects of Environmental Management Input on Environmental Pollution and Treatment Measures Taking Shandong Province in China as an Example

摘要

Economic development characterized by high consumption, high input and high pollution has aggravatedthe global environmental pollution. Insufficient input in environmental management has become animportant factor that restricts the improvement of environmental pollution. In this study, the currentenvironmental pollution in Shandong province of China is analysed using the provincial environmentalpanel data of the province from 2005 to 2015. Moreover, the random-effect variable coefficient modelis adopted to measure the effect of environmental management input on the improvement of theenvironmental pollution in Shandong province. Results indicate that the environmental pollution inShandong province is characterized by the increasingly serious air pollution, the intensification ofwater pollution and huge amount of urban waste. Improvement resulting from environmental managementinput on the environmental pollution is quite obvious in the cities of Weihai, Rizhao, Qingdao and Jinan,contrary to the negligible effect observed in Dezhou, Liaocheng and Heze. Policy proposals arepresented from the aspects of optimizing economic and industrial structure, increasing environmentalinput, improving the mechanism for the participation in environmental investment, and the formulatingenvironmental protection legal system, so as to improve the environmental pollution in Shandongprovince. This paper may be used as reference in the analysis of the relationship between environmentalinput and environmental pollution, evaluation of environmental input performance, and formulation ofscientific approaches for environmental protection and development policies by governmentdepartments.