scholarly journals Local Government Competition and Regional Green Development in China: The Mediating Role of Environmental Regulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Na Zhang ◽  
Jinqian Deng ◽  
Fayyaz Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Umar Draz
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Measure Data ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Fiscal Competition ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Investment Competition

Green development is an important way to meet the challenges of ecological and environmental protection and economic growth, as well as an inevitable choice to realize China’s sustainable development in the new era. The Chinese economic system is such that local government competition has become a key factor affecting regional green development under the current leadership. Based on the inter-provincial panel data of 30 provinces in mainland China from 1997 to 2017, this paper uses the total-factor non-radial directional distance function and slack-based measure data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) to measure the green development efficiency of the provinces. Additionally, it also uses the Malmquist–Luenberger (ML) index to decompose green development efficiency and analyzes its internal driving factors. Finally, taking environmental regulation as a mediating variable, this paper empirically analyzes the influence mechanism of local government competition on green development efficiency from three perspectives including growth competition, fiscal competition and investment competition. The study found that: the green development efficiency of Chinese regions showed a downward trend, with significant regional differences; technological progress is the key factor to improve the efficiency of green development, and its role gradually decreases from eastern to western and central regions; pure technical efficiency has become a bottleneck restricting the improvement of green development efficiency, while scale efficiency shows significant regional differences; the growth competition, fiscal competition and investment competition of local government all have a significant inhibitory effect on the efficiency of green development. This paper puts forward policy suggestions supporting enterprise technology research and development, optimizing energy conservation and emission reduction as well as improving the local government performance evaluation system for green development.

scholarly journals Regional Differences of Manufacturing Green Development Efficiency Considering Undesirable Outputs in the Yangtze River Economic Belt Based on Super-SBM and WSR System Methodology

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gen Li ◽  
Ying Zhou ◽  
Fan Liu ◽  
Tao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Undesirable Outputs ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Green Development

To explore the evolution mechanism of manufacturing green development efficiency is of great significance to realize green transformation of manufacturing industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. This paper fully considers the resource inputs and undesirable outputs in the production process and applies WSR methodology to construct the index system of influencing factors. Based on the panel data of 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt from 1998 to 2017, the super-SBM model is used to calculate the manufacturing green development efficiency. Then, the regional differences of manufacturing green development efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt are deeply analyzed. Finally, Tobit model is applied to analyze the influencing factors of the manufacturing green development efficiency. And it turns out, during the statistics period, manufacturing green development efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt is “U” shaped distribution, the mean value of each province over the years is 0.812, which is at the medium development level; the manufacturing green development efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt is on the rise, and the low scale efficiency is the main reason that restricts the manufacturing green development efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. All the influencing factors have different effects on the manufacturing green development efficiency in different regions. Therefore, this paper puts forward corresponding policy suggestions from the three dimensions of Wuli, Shili and Renli.

Research of Loss Reduction Efficiency Based on DEA

2014 ◽  
Vol 1070-1072 ◽  
pp. 1545-1548
Author(s):  
Xing Qi He ◽  
Qi Jun Xian ◽  
Ping Yan
Keyword(s):  
Power Supply ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Loss Reduction ◽  
Reduction Efficiency ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Grid Construction ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Empirical Demonstration

An evaluation system of loss reduction efficiency was established for power supply companies by using data envelopment analysis methods,and the empirical demonstration research was conducted for loss reduction efficiency of power supply companies in Sichuan.The evaluation results indicate that Institutional reform, grid construction and informationization promote the loss reduction efficiency of the power supply companies in Sichuan. However, due to the development foundation is weak, the scale efficiency is a key factor that restricts the loss reduction efficiency of the power supply companies in Sichuan, therefore, the investment must be increasing in order to improve the overall efficiency work of the power supply companies.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Measurement and Regional Imbalance of China’s Green Development Performance

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1409
Author(s):  
Shengyun Wang ◽  
Yaxin Zhang ◽  
Huwei Wen
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Coordinated Development ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Southwest Region ◽  
Development Levels ◽  
Regional Imbalance

This study adopted the two-stage super-efficiency network slack-based model (SBM) to measure the green development performance index (GDPI) of 30 provinces in China. The Dagum Gini coefficient decomposition was used to analyze the regional differences and their sources in China’s green development performance. The results are as follows: first, the green development performance showed a declining trend from 1997 to 2017. The improvement of environmental governance efficiency was the key to achieving green development progress. The green development levels of coastal areas were significantly higher than those of inland provinces. Second, the regional imbalance in China’s green development performance was gradually worsening. The inter-regional differences were the primary source of the overall differences. The intra-regional difference of green development within the northwest was the largest. Third, among the eight regions, only the southwest region had σ convergence in green development performance; in addition, absolute β convergence and conditional β convergence were divergent, thereby confirming the regional imbalance of the widening regional differences in China’s green development performance. This study aimed to provide a scientific basis and effective reference for further advancing China’s regional coordinated development strategy.

scholarly journals Assessment and Spatial-Temporal Evolution Analysis of Urban Land Use Efficiency under Green Development Orientation: Case of the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 715
Author(s):  
Yingkai Tang ◽  
Kun Wang ◽  
Xuanming Ji ◽  
He Xu ◽  
Yangqing Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Yangtze River Delta ◽  
Urban Land ◽  
Urban Land Use ◽  
Land Use Efficiency ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Development Orientation

Rapid urbanization has provided a strong impetus for the economic growth of China, but it has also caused many problems such as inefficient urban land use and environmental pollution. With the popularization of the concept of green and sustainable development, the Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) assessment concept is widely accepted. The government and residents are paying more and more attention to environmental issues in urban development, and environmental protection has formed an important part of urban development. In this context, this study takes 26 cities in the Yangtze River Delta as examples to build an evaluation system for urban land-use efficiency under green development orientation. The evaluation system takes into account the inputs of land, capital, labor, and energy factors in the process of urban development. Based on emphasizing economic output, the social benefits and undesired outputs brought about by urban development are taken into account. This paper measures urban land use efficiency by the super-efficiency SBM model, and on this basis, analyses the spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urban land-use efficiency. Further, this paper measures urban land use efficiency without considering undesired outputs and compares the two evaluation methods. Again, the comparison illustrates the rationality of urban land use efficiency evaluation system under green development orientation.

scholarly journals Green Development Evaluation System of Tuojiang River Basin

2020 ◽  
Vol 1549 ◽  
pp. 022033
Author(s):  
Jin Xian ◽  
Yuan Feng ◽  
Lin Li ◽  
Yulian Li ◽  
Xiaoyuan Wen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Development Evaluation

scholarly journals An Evaluation System for Sustainable Urban Space Development Based in Green Urbanism Principles—A Case Study Based on the Qin-Ba Mountain Area in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5703 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohui Yu ◽  
Sai Ma ◽  
Kang Cheng ◽  
Grigorios L. Kyriakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Evaluation System ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Sustainable Evaluation ◽  
Ecological Capital

Since the 20th century, the deterioration of the ecological environment around the world has challenged urban space construction. With the development of urbanization, the consumption of resources and energy has increased, the level of biodiversity has decreased, environmental pollution is approaching the critical level, and the contradiction between human habitat activity and ecological environment has become increasingly prominent. The sustainable development of urban space along with its economic and social benefits, taking into account the quality of life and ecological environment, has become a new and important subject that needs to be explored. In this study, the indices of the evaluation system for sustainable urban spatial development in regions with underdeveloped economies but rich in ecological resources are arranged in sequence through the systematic coupling analysis of collaborative evaluation information and a quantitative analysis. The influences of urban space elements on sustainable urban development are disclosed. On the basis of the generated data, an evaluation system for sustainable urban spatial development with a complete set of information is proposed. The proposed system is applicable to urban spatial development evaluation in regions in China with underdeveloped economies but rich in ecological capital. First, the basic concept of system coupling is introduced, and a coupling relationship between urban sustainable development and urban space is proposed. Second, the elements of urban space and the sustainable development in the Qin-Ba mountain area are extracted, and the precedence diagram method is used to construct a sustainable evaluation system for urban space development in the Qin-Ba mountain area. Third, the sustainable evaluation process of urban spatial development is proposed. Finally, the sustainable evaluation system for urban spatial development in the Qin-Ba mountain area is applied to evaluate the urban spatial development in Shangluo, Qin-Ling Mountains, China. The results show that, among the investigated 14 indicators, the proportion of industrial land use mainly influences sustainable urban spatial development. As for the rest of the index factors, per capita green land area and green coverage ratio of built-up areas, per capita urban construction land area, proportion of forestry area, greening rate of built-up areas, total industrial dust emission density, proportion of cultivated area, and average volume fraction of residential areas are the secondary influencing factors of sustainable urban spatial development. The evaluation system in this research is constructed with the three aspects of “green coordination”, “green development”, and “green sustainability” of sustainable urban spatial development, and it complements the evaluation contents of urban–rural ecological space coordination, land resource protection, and green development community, and so on. The conclusion of this study not only can provide a useful reference for urban spatial development planning for underdeveloped ecological capital areas of China but also can provide a theoretical basis for the management and control policy of sustainable urban spatial development.

scholarly journals Spatial Differences in Carbon Intensity in Polish Households

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 3108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edyta Sidorczuk-Pietraszko
Keyword(s):  
Regional Differences ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Greenhouse Gasses ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Per Capita

Knowledge about the driving forces behind greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions is crucial for informed and evidence-based policy towards mitigation of GHG emission and changing production and consumption patterns. Both national and regional-level authorities are capable of addressing their actions more effectively if they have information about the spatial distribution of phenomena related to the policies they conduct. In this context, the main aim of this paper is to explain the regional differences in carbon intensity in Poland. The differences in carbon intensity between regions and the national average were analysed using index decomposition analysis (IDA). Aggregate carbon intensity for regional economies as well as the carbon intensity of households was investigated. For both levels of analysis: total emissions and emission from households economic development is the key factor responsible for the inter-regional differences in carbon emission per capita. In the case of total emissions, the second important factor influencing these differences is the structure of the national power system, i.e., its concentration and the production of energy from fossil fuels. For households, disposable income per capita is a key factor of differences in CO2 emission per capita between regions. Higher households’ incomes contribute to higher emission per capita, mostly due to the shift in consumption towards more energy- and material-intensive goods. The contribution of energy emissivity is quite low and not as varied as in the case of income. This suggests that policy instruments targeted at the consumption of fuels can be rather uniform across regions, while more developed regions should also be subject to measures supporting less energy-intensive consumption. On the other hand, policy in less developed regions should prevent them from following the path of per capita emissions growth.

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