Factors influencing the geographical distribution of pollution intensive industries

Abstract

The paper has verified the hypotheses and theories about the location selection of pollution-intensive industries from various perspectives and explored possible factors influencing the geographical distribution of pollution-intensive industries. Based on the pollution intensity index of each industry, we firstly identified the pollution-intensive industries in China. And the geographical distribution of intensive industries is analysed in terms of the proportion of industry, the industry output value and the number of enterprises. With the regression analysis, the factor endowment, environmental regulation and globalization are proven factors influencing the geographical distribution of pollution-intensive industries.