Influence of air pollution on urban residents' outdoor activity: Empirical study based on dining-out data from the Dianping website
ZHENG Siqi1,2, ZHANG Xiaonan1,2, SONG Zhida1,2, SUN Cong1,2
1. Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;
2. Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract：Air pollution has become an important element affecting the urban life quality in China, which not only directly affects health and life expectancy, but also affects working efficiency, mood, outdoor activity frequency, trip for consumption and social interaction, further reducing the economic vitality and social vitality of cities. Taking Beijing as a case, this paper works on how air pollution affects residents' dining out frequency and satisfaction based on the reviews from dianping.com and the PM2.5 concentration data released by the Ministry of Environmental Protection. The results show that by controlling other factors, air pollution can reduce dining-out frequency and satisfaction of residents. The quantitative results present the willingness intensity of urban residents to circumvent air pollution and contribute to an accurate assessment of to which degree socio-economic activities and resident life quality will be affected by air pollution increase.
郑思齐, 张晓楠, 宋志达, 孙聪. 空气污染对城市居民户外活动的影响机制:利用点评网外出就餐数据的实证研究[J]. 清华大学学报（自然科学版）, 2016, 56(1): 89-96.
ZHENG Siqi, ZHANG Xiaonan, SONG Zhida, SUN Cong. Influence of air pollution on urban residents' outdoor activity: Empirical study based on dining-out data from the Dianping website. Journal of Tsinghua University(Science and Technology), 2016, 56(1): 89-96.
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