Fig. 4: Trade-Offs between pollution reduction and GHG emissions in rural China. | npj Clean Water

Fig. 4: Trade-Offs between pollution reduction and GHG emissions in rural China.

From: China’s enhanced wastewater treatment capacity may accelerate greenhouse gas emissions from rural domestic pollution

Fig. 4

a National trends of the wastewater treatment rate, population size, food and non-food intake, access rate to sanitary toilets, and GHGT per kg intake treated over time; b National trends of the composite tradeoff index over time; c Trends of the composite tradeoff index across the Chinese provinces and cities; d Log-Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) analysis; e Geodetector analysis; f Scenario analysis (A–F represent healthy diets, 45% wastewater treatment rate, 80% wastewater treatment rate, electricity reduction, rural population decline, and combined strategies, respectively).

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