Table 4 Spillover effect of spatial relationship block of haze pollution.

From: Spatial Association Effect of Haze Pollution in Cheng-Yu Urban Agglomeration

Block

The number of cities

Receive relationship

Send relationship

Expected internal relationship ratio

Actual internal relationship ratio

Block type

Inside the block

Outside the block

Inside the block

Outside the block

I

3

5

39

5

36

13%

12%

Bilateral overflow

II

4

11

47

11

31

20%

26%

Net beneficiary

III

6

28

42

28

58

33%

33%

Net overflow

IV

3

4

34

4

37

13%

10%

Broker

  1. Notes: Expected internal relationship ratio = (number of cities within the block-1) / (number of cities in the network-1); Actual internal relationship ratio = number of internal relationships of blocks / total number of spillover relationships of blocks.