scholarly journals Urban Green Development towards Sustainability in Northwest China: Efficiency Assessment, Spatial-Temporal Differentiation Characters, and Influencing Factors

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
LiJuan Si ◽  
JiaLu Wang ◽  
ShuRan Yang ◽  
Ye Yang ◽  
Jing Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Path Dependence ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
High Position ◽  
Green Development ◽  
The Impact

For achieving the sustainable development goals, green development has been raised to a high position for cities in China. The economic development in Northwest China is slow, the ecological environment is fragile, and the mineral resources are rich. Only through green development can we realize the comprehensive income of regional production development, rich life, and good ecology. This paper measures the green development efficiency of 30 prefecture-level cities in Northwest China by using DEA-SBM model of unexpected output, explores the differences and causes of green development efficiency from the perspective of time and space through convergence coefficient, coordination matrix, GIS, and other methods, and empirically tests the impact of industrial structure, technological progress, and other driving factors on green development efficiency by using panel Tobit model. The results show that, on the whole, the efficiency of green development in Northwest China is low, path dependence is serious and unbalanced, the coordinated development effect of different regions is weak, and the spillover effect of core urban agglomerations has not been effectively exerted; from the perspective of driving factors, economic development, population density, traffic situation, and education investment can significantly improve the efficiency of urban green development, and the second is that the proportion of industries significantly hinders the improvement of green development efficiency, while the impact of scientific and technological innovation is not significant. Based on the empirical results, this paper believes that the harmonious development of natural environment and economic society can be realized only by improving the coordinated development effect among cities, implementing the optimization and upgrading of industrial structure, introducing excellent talents, and promoting the technological upgrading.

scholarly journals Analysis of China’s Industrial Green Development Efficiency and Driving Factors: Research Based on MGWR

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3960
Author(s):  
Ke Liu ◽  
Yurong Qiao ◽  
Qian Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Industrial Development ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Green Development ◽  
The Government

With increasingly severe constraints on resources and the environment, it is the mainstream trend of economic development to reduce industrial pollution emissions and promote green industrial development. In this paper, a super-efficiency slacks-based measure (SBM) model is adopted to measure the industrial green development efficiency (IGDE) of 289 cities in China from 2008 to 2018. Moreover, we analyze their spatiotemporal differentiation pattern. On this basis, the multiscale geographical weighted regression (MGWR) model is used to analyze the scale differences and spatial differences of the driving factors. The results show that the IGDE is still at a low level in China. From 2008 to 2018, the overall polarization of IGDE was relatively serious. The number of high- and low-efficiency cities increased, while that of medium-efficiency cities greatly decreased. Secondly, the IGDE presented an obvious spatial positive correlation. MGWR regression results show that the technological innovation, government regulation, and consumption level belonged to the global scale, and there was almost no spatial heterogeneity. Other driving factors were urbanization, industrial structure, economic development, and population density according to their spatial scale. Lastly, the influence of economic development and technological innovation had a certain circular structure in space; the influence of population size mainly occurred in the cities of the southeast coast and northeast provinces; the influence of urbanization was more obvious in the most northern provinces of the Yangtze River, while that of industrial structure was mainly concentrated in the most southern cities of the Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB). Spatially, the influence of consumption was manifested as a distribution trend of decreasing from north to south, and the government regulation was manifested as increasing from west to east and then to northeast.

scholarly journals Investigate the Relationship between Urbanization and Industrialization using a Coordination Model: A Case Study of China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 916
Author(s):  
Luo ◽  
Xiang ◽  
Wang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Value Engineering ◽  
Unstable State ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Coordination Model ◽  
Dynamic Coordination ◽  
Rural And Urban ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Coordination Degree

The coordinated development of industrialization and urbanization has become a common goal and concern of developing countries. At the same time, measuring the relationship between them is becoming a research hotspot. With reference to value engineering, we constructed a dynamic coordination model to analyze the degree of coordination between urbanization and industrialization in China. During the study, three primary indicators were used to assess the level of industrialization in China, namely: economic development, industrial structure, industrial enterprise. We also use demographic urbanization rate to evaluate the level of urbanization. Subsequently, a dynamic coordination model was established using panel data of China collected from 1978 to 2017. Through the dynamic coordination degree model, the changes in the degree of coordination between urbanization and industrialization in China from 1978 to 2017 were analyzed, and the reasons for the fluctuation of coordination degree were further explored. The results show that: (1) The coordinated development of urbanization and industrialization can be divided into six phases, which is consistent with the major reforms in China's rural and urban; (2) The degree of coordination fluctuated more obviously during 1991–1995, which reflected the unstable state of China in the process of coordinated development of urbanization and industrialization; (3) Most of the time, industrialization is ahead of urbanization, while with rapid economic development, urbanization, and industrialization, are gradually synchronizing in China. The results are of great significance for promoting the coordinated development of urbanization and industrialization and realizing the sustainable development of the city.

scholarly journals Can Industrial Co-Agglomeration between Producer Services and Manufacturing Reduce Carbon Intensity in China?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (15) ◽  
pp. 4024 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuochen Li ◽  
Dongri Han ◽  
Shaosong Feng ◽  
Lei Liang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Threshold Level ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Producer Services ◽  
Wheel Drive ◽  
The Impact

Climate change poses unprecedented challenges for humanity. Reducing carbon intensity is an inevitable choice for tackling climate change and promoting sustainable development. China has made some emission reduction commitments in the international community to promote the decoupling of China’s economic development from carbon emissions. The realization of the industrial structure from the “single-wheel drive” of the manufacturing to the “two-wheel drive” economic development model of the service industry and the manufacturing has become a key measure to achieve China’s economic intensive development. According to resource misallocation situation in different regions, this paper explored the impact of the collaborative agglomeration between producer services and manufacturing (hereinafter referred to as industrial co-agglomeration) on carbon intensity. The research results show that the carbon intensity is decreasing year by year, and the degree of intensification of China’s economic growth continues to increase. Moreover, the effect of industrial co-agglomeration to promote carbon emission reduction is significantly limited by the degree of misallocated resources, and there is a double threshold effect. Specifically, in areas where resource allocation is reasonable, industrial co-agglomeration can produce significant agglomeration effects and promote carbon intensity reduction. Once the degree of misallocated resources exceeds a threshold level, the agglomeration effect will turn into a crowding effect, resulting in an inability to reduce carbon intensity. We comprehensively analyzed the driving factors for reducing carbon intensity and proposed policy pathways for achieving China’s carbon intensity target.

scholarly journals The Impact of High-Tech Industry Agglomeration on Green Economy Efficiency—Evidence from the Yangtze River Economic Belt

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (19) ◽  
pp. 5189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weiliang Chen ◽  
Xinjian Huang ◽  
Yanhong Liu ◽  
Xin Luan ◽  
Yan Song
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Development Mode ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Industry Agglomeration ◽  
Green Development ◽  
The Impact

Development is the eternal theme of the times. However, the transformation of the development mode is imminent, and we should abandon the extensive economic development mode and turn to the efficient development of an intensive mode. The high-tech industry will be the decisive force in future industrial development. The agglomeration of the industry will help form economies of scale, thereby improving the effective allocation of resources and promoting productivity. The increase in green economy efficiency is a key factor in achieving green development and an important indicator of achieving the coordinated development of economic development and environmental protection. Therefore, in this study, we try to improve the efficiency of the green economy through industrial agglomeration to achieve green development. In order to solve this problem, we took the Yangtze River Economic Belt as the research object, used Super Slacks-based Measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) and general algebraic modeling system (GAMS) to study the green economy efficiency, and then used the system generalized moment method (SGMM) to study the impact of high-tech industry agglomeration on green economy efficiency. According to the empirical test, we found that (1) the green economy efficiency of the Yangtze River Economic Belt shows a volatile upward trend, (2) the green economy efficiency of the Yangtze River Economic Belt differs with time and by region, (3) the agglomeration of the high-tech industry has a lagging effect on the improvement of green economy efficiency, and (4) the regression coefficients of economic development and foreign direct investment are positive and those of environmental regulation and urbanization are negative. Finally, in this paper, we provide corresponding policy recommendations to promote the agglomeration of high-tech industries, thereby improving the efficiency of the green economy.

scholarly journals Features of sustainable economic development in the Central Asian countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 296 ◽  
pp. 06001
Author(s):  
Natalia Brovko ◽  
Malik Borbugulov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Green Development ◽  
The Impact

In this study there is an attempt to consider not only the consequences of climatic and technogenic changes in the Kyrgyz Republic, but also to develop some directions for solving these problems, taking into account the natural, economic and geopolitical capabilities of this country at the present stage. Within the framework of the study the issues of the impact of climate change associated with the reduction of fresh water, agricultural and crop production, as well as the problems of further use of traditional energy sources have been studied. These aspects are deeply covered as the Sustainable Development Goals under the auspices of the UN. According to the author, it is vitally important for the countries of the post-Soviet area to simultaneously find independent and nationally oriented directions and approaches to solve these problems, but without fail using the developments of the institutional base, the experience of the world community, as well as the advantages of regional integration. The main results consist in the development of a green development model related to the use of renewable energy sources at the present stage of development. The field of application of the results obtained is determined by the possibilities of including the main indicators of green development in strategic plans for socio-economic development and increasing the competitiveness of the national economy. The approach proposed by the authors allows, as a replenishment of lost energy sources in connection with climate warming and a decrease in water resources: proposals for the development of alternative sources of energy supply, the creation of solar and wind farms is proposed.

scholarly journals Analysis of Factors Influencing the Coordinated Development of New Urbanization with Green and Low Carbon under the Ecological Perspective - Taking Heilongjiang Province as an Example

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 04048
Author(s):  
Youjun Li ◽  
Wei Li
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Heilongjiang Province ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Green Development ◽  
New Type ◽  
Countermeasures And Suggestions ◽  
New Urbanization

Under the ecological perspective, the new type of urbanization, green and low-carbon coordinated development is a powerful engine for economic development. Based on the analysis of the existing results of the new urbanization green development and low-carbon development factors, a new index system of influencing factors for the coordinated development of green and low-carbon urbanization was constructed. And then concludes the results of the analysis by using the relevant statistical data of Heilongjiang Province from 2007 to 2017, using the principal component analysis method and using SPSS statistical software. Finally, puts forward some relevant countermeasures and suggestions on scientific and technological innovation, the industrial structure and cultural education, etc.

scholarly journals Could the Construction of Sustainable Development Pilot Zones Improve the Urban Environment Efficiency in China?

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Junxia Ma ◽  
Zilong Zhang ◽  
Chenyu Lu ◽  
Bing Xue
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Test Field ◽  
Difference In Difference ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Structure Adjustment ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Impact

As the forerunner and policy test field of the sustainable development, the sustainable development pilot zones are an important strategy for China to explore the mechanism and model of the coordinated development of human and land in different regional units. However, the impact of sustainable development pilot zones, especially on the improvement of environmental efficiency, needs to be assessed. In this paper, 187 prefecture-level cities in China were taken as samples (22 sustainable development pilot zones and 165 nonpilot ones). Firstly, the environmental efficiency of 187 prefecture-level cities between 2006 and 2016 was measured by data envelopment analysis (DEA). Then, the effect of construction of sustainable development pilot zones on environmental efficiency was assessed using the difference-in-difference (DID) model. The assessment results were further verified by propensity score matching with difference-in-difference (PSM-DID). In addition, the impact mechanism of construction of the sustainable development pilot zones on the environmental efficiency was discussed. Results show that the environmental efficiency of sustainable development pilot zones is 27.7∼31.7% greater than that of nonsustainable one, which is mainly attributed to the environmental regulation and industrial structure adjustment.

scholarly journals Industrial Structure Adjustment and Regional Green Development from the Perspective of Mineral Resource Security

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (19) ◽  
pp. 6978
Author(s):  
You Zheng ◽  
Jianzhong Xiao ◽  
Jinhua Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Structural Effect ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Structure Adjustment ◽  
Industrial Structure Adjustment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Resource Security

Mineral resource security is the premise and foundation of the regional green rise strategy. And the adjustment of industrial structure is an effective way to relieve the pressure of the current green economy transformation. Based on the Shift-share Method and the Spatial Durbin model, this paper takes 30 regions in China from 2006 to 2017 as examples to study the impact of industrial structure adjustment on China’s green development from the perspective of mineral resource security. The empirical results show that: China is still in the process of industrial transfer. The dynamic effect of industrial structure promotes green development from the perspective of mineral resource security, while its static effect inhibits green development from the perspective of mineral resource security. The spatial spillover effect of the industrial structure affecting green development from the perspective of mineral resource security is significant. The static structural effect of the tertiary industry promotes the green development of the region, and it has a significant negative impact on neighboring areas, while the secondary industry’s static structural effect has the opposite effect.

scholarly journals The Impact of Informatization on the Relationship between the Tourism Industry and Regional Economic Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 9399
Author(s):  
Xianghong Zhou ◽  
Weiwei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Regional Tourism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Degree Of Coupling

Modern tourism plays an increasingly important economic role in regional development. However, in the practice of regional economic development, there is often a lag in economic development where the tourism industry is prosperous. We explored the potential impact of the development level of informatization on the coupling and coordination relationship between the tourism industry and regional economic development. Using provincial panel data from 2008 to 2017, we constructed a spatial Dubin model for empirical research. We established an evaluation model for the coupling and coordination relationship between tourism and regional economic development based on the establishment of evaluation models and indicator systems for informatization, tourism, and regional economic development. The results show that improvements to informatization generally promoted the coupling and coordination of tourism and regional economic development. Informatization not only improved the coupling and coordination of tourism and economic development in the region but also had significant spatial spillover effects. In addition to the influencing factors at the information level, the advantages of tourism resources and the level of economic development on the whole also helped to improve the degree of coupling and coordination, while the widening of the income gap between urban and rural areas hindered coordinated development. Further discussion shows that informatization will affect the degree of coupling and coordination between the tourism industry and regional economic development by influencing the level of institutional environment. The findings highlight the need to focus on diversified development of the regional tourism industry and economy while improving the level of informatization and strengthening cross-regional cooperation during informatization. The conclusions contribute to improving the coordinated development of regional tourism and regional economy and provide a scientific basis for the development of informatization and the formulation of tourism and economic policies.

scholarly journals The Heterogeneous Influence of Infrastructure Construction on China’s Urban Green and Smart Development—The Threshold Effect of Urban Scale

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 1015
Author(s):  
Lingyan Xu ◽  
Dandan Wang ◽  
Jianguo Du
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Industrial Structure ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Urban Green ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Development Level ◽  
Telecommunication Infrastructure ◽  
The Impact

The construction of green and smart cities is an important approach to enhancing the level of high-quality development and modern governance, in which infrastructure construction is the antecedent condition. From the perspective of green total factor productivity (GTFP), this paper adopts the SBM–GML (Slack-Based Model and Global Malmquist–Luenberger) index to measure the urban green and smart development level (GSDL) considering smart input–output factors. Based on the panel data of China’s 223 prefecture-level cities from 2005 to 2018, the dynamic impacts, temporal, and spatial differences of energy, transportation, and telecommunication infrastructure construction on the urban GSDL are discussed, and the threshold effects of urban scale are tested. The following conclusions are drawn: (1) On the whole, energy infrastructure inhibits the urban GSDL, while transportation and telecommunication infrastructures significantly promote it. There are distinct spatial and temporal characteristics among the impacts of these three infrastructures on the urban GSDL, in which the facilitating role of transportation and telecommunication infrastructures are further enhanced during the period of 2013–2018. Furthermore, the impacts of these three infrastructures on the urban GSDL all show “U” shape in terms of non-linearity. (2) Economic development level and industrial structure have significant positive effects on the urban GSDL, whereas human capital only has positive effect in the northeast and southwest regions, and government scale shows no positive impact yet. (3) There is a single threshold for the impact of urban scale on these three infrastructures, among which the impacts of energy and transportation infrastructures on the urban GSDL remain consistent before and after the threshold, while the impact of telecommunication infrastructure on the urban GSDL varies from having no significance to being positive when crossing the threshold. Thus, capital investment for infrastructure construction should be further allocated reasonably, the positive potential of human capital should be fully released, and the urban scale should be appropriately controlled in the future.

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