Spatial Econometric Analysis of the Relationship between Urban Land and Regional Economic Development in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Coordinated Development Region

Against the background of coordinated development of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, it is of great significance to quantitatively reveal the contribution rate of the influencing factors of urban land for optimizing the layout of urban land across regions and innovating the inter-regional urban land supply linkage. However, the interaction effects and spatial effects decomposition have not been well investigated in the existing research studies on this topic. In this study, based on the cross-sectional data in 2015 and using the spatial lag model, spatial error model and spatial Durbin model, we analyzed the relationship between urban land and regional economic development at the county level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. The results show that: (1) there are endogenous interaction effects of urban land, and the growth of urban land in a county will drive the corresponding growth of urban land in neighboring counties; (2) the local population, average wages, highway mileage density, and actual utilization of foreign capital have positive effects on the scale of urban land in local and neighboring counties; local GDP in the secondary/tertiary sector and the urbanization rate have positive effects on local urban land scale, but negative effects on the urban land scale of neighboring counties; (3) the contribution degree of the direct effect is ranked as follows: GDP in the secondary/tertiary sector > total population > urbanization rate. The order of factors with a significant spatial spillover effect on the scale of urban land in neighboring counties is as follows: average wages > total population > highway mileage density. The GDP in secondary/tertiary sector, population, and urbanization rate are the main influencing factors for the scale of urban land at the county level in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region. It is an important finding that average wages are the most prominent among the spatial spillovers. We should attach importance to the spillover effect of geographic space and construct an urban spatial pattern coordinated with economic development.

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The Relationship between Environmental Regulation and Green Total Factor Productivity in China: An Empirical Study Based on the Panel Data of 177 Cities

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17155287 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (15) ◽

pp. 5287 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mingliang Zhao ◽

Fangyi Liu ◽

Wei Sun ◽

Xin Tao

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Panel Data ◽

Environmental Regulation ◽

Total Factor Productivity ◽

Inflection Point ◽

Factor Productivity ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Development Level ◽

The Mean ◽

The Relationship

Promoting the coordinated development of industrialization and the environment is a goal pursued by all of the countries of the world. Strengthening environmental regulation (ER) and improving green total factor productivity (GTFP) are important means to achieving this goal. However, the relationship between ER and GTFP has been debated in the academic circles, which reflects the complexity of this issue. This paper empirically tested the relationship between ER and GTFP in China by using panel data and a systematic Gaussian Mixed Model (GMM) of 177 cities at the prefecture level. The research shows that the relationship between ER and GTFP is complex, which is reflected in the differences and nonlinearity between cities with different monitoring levels and different economic development levels. (1) The relationship between ER and GTFP is linear and non-linear in different urban groups. A positive linear relationship was found in the urban group with high economic development level, while a U-shaped nonlinear relationship was found in other urban groups. (2) There are differences in the inflection point value and the variable mean of ER in different urban groups, which have different promoting effects on GTFP. In key monitoring cities and low economic development level cities, the mean value of ER had not passed the inflection point, and ER was negatively correlated with GTFP. The mean values of ER variables in the whole sample, the non-key monitoring and the middle economic development level cities had all passed the inflection point, which gradually promoted the improvement of GTFP. (3) Among the control variables of the different city groups, science and technology input and the financial development level mainly had positive effects on GTFP, while foreign direct investment (FDI) and fixed asset investment variables mainly had negative effects.

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

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12030916 ◽

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.

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Could the Environmental Regulation Promote Green Innovation? Evidence From China

10.21203/rs.3.rs-749332/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Weiyong Zou ◽

Yunjun Xiong

Keyword(s):

Environmental Regulation ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Spillover Effect ◽

Green Innovation ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

High Degree ◽

The Relationship ◽

D Investment

Abstract Could the environmental regulation promote green innovation? This is a very controversial issue. In view of the fact that the existing literature only studies the relationship between the two, lacks effective heterogeneity research, and pays less attention to the deeper analysis mechanism between the two. This study fills the gap. This paper selects the panel data of 285 prefecture level cities in China from 2000 to 2019 for empirical research. The results show that environmental regulation has a significant and continuous positive impact on green innovation.From the perspective of heterogeneity, we find that cities with higher level of green innovation are suitable to improve the intensity of environmental regulation; Cities with low level of green innovation can not formulate high-intensity environmental regulation policies. The intermediary mechanism shows that under the situation of stricter environmental regulations, producers will pay more attention to the promotion and accumulation of human capital, and provide strong intellectual support for green innovation activities. The adjustment mechanism shows that the cities with high degree of marketization and financial R&D investment are conducive to strengthening the promotion of environmental regulation on green innovation. On the contrary, it weakens the role of environmental regulation in promoting green innovation. In addition, this paper uses SYS-GMM model and selects appropriate instrumental variables to solve the endogeneity problem of the model. We find that after reducing the endogeneity of the model, improving the intensity of environmental regulation can still promote the level of green innovation. Using SDM decomposition model, we find that environmental regulation has spatial spillover effect on green innovation, and the formulation of environmental regulation strategy is conducive to the coordinated development of regional green innovation.

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Hegemonial Evaluation of Importance of Women Education and their Socio Economic Development in Fika Local Government Area , Yobe State, Nigeria

Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal ◽

10.14738/assrj.69.6176 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (9) ◽

pp. 166-171

Author(s):

Umar Saleh Baba ◽

Blessing Ijeoma Anumaka

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Local Government ◽

Total Population ◽

The State ◽

Local Government Area ◽

Interview Guide ◽

Social And Economic Development ◽

Socio Economic Development ◽

The Relationship ◽

Correlation Design

The paper discussed the importance of women education and the socio economic development in Fika local government area of Yobe state, Nigeria. The paper focused on the concept of women education, the concept of socio-economic development and the importance of women education in socio-economic development. This study employed quantitative approach with descriptive correlation design and also the total population of 66901 and the sample size of 382 respondents while questionnaire and interview guide were used as research instruments to collect required data.The study also used sample of 382 respondents, frequency and percentage techniques, means and standard deviation and finally, Pearson linear correlation co-efficient (PLCC) to establish the relationship between women education and the element of socio economic development in Fika local government area of Yobe state. The findings of this study revealed that there is positive and very significant relationship between women education and their household income level, and a positive relationship exist with standard of living, economic development and women education but this is not significant. The recommendation of this study is that all effort to empower women should be directed toward educational empowerment in the state as this is significant to overall economic growth in the state. This is because women education in terms of socio-economic development have significant effect on their family,social and economic development of a nation as a whole..

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To the Richest Go the Spoils? Immigration, Development, and the North-South Divide, 1970–2005

Sociology of Development ◽

10.1525/sod.2016.2.3.273 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 273-292

Author(s):

Matthew R. Sanderson

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Global South ◽

Positive Effects ◽

The North ◽

National Economic ◽

Global North ◽

First Time ◽

The Relationship ◽

North And South

This paper empirically assesses, for the first time, the relationship between immigration and national economic development in both the global North and the global South. A series of panel models demonstrate that immigration exacerbates North-South inequalities through differential effects on average per capita incomes in the global North and global South. Immigration has positive effects on average incomes in both the North and the South, but the effect is larger in the global North. Thus the relationship between immigration and development evinces a Matthew Effect at the world level: by contributing to differential levels of economic development in the North and South, immigration widens international inequalities in the long term, resulting in the accumulation of advantage in the North. The implications of the results are discussed in the context theory and policy on the migration-development nexus.

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Does Polycentric Development Improve Green Utilization Efficiency of Urban Land? An Empirical Study Based on Panel Threshold Model Approach

Land ◽

10.3390/land11010124 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 124

Author(s):

Siqi Yan ◽

Jian Wang

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Threshold Model ◽

Urban Land ◽

Utilization Efficiency ◽

Government Investment ◽

Nonlinear Characteristics ◽

Development Levels ◽

Using Data ◽

The Relationship ◽

Model Approach

In the context of increasing resource and environmental constraints, measurement and determinants of green utilization efficiency of urban land (GUEUL) is currently the subject of a rapidly expanding literature. Previous research concerning determinants of GUEUL focuses primarily on effects of socio-economic conditions on GUEUL, and little attention has been devoted to impacts of spatial structure and urban development patterns. This research explores impacts of polycentric development on GUEUL of urban agglomeration (UA), using data for major UAs in China covering the period 2005–2019. GUEUL and the extent of polycentricity is measured by employing an improved directional slack-based measure (SBM) model and the rank-size distribution-based approach, respectively. The linkage between polycentric development and GUEUL is explored by estimating models of determinants of GUEUL, and the nonlinear characteristics of the relationship are investigated by employing the panel threshold model approach. The results suggest that polycentric development positively impacts GUEUL of UAs, and such effect rises with economic development levels. In addition, degree of agglomeration, economic development level and intensity of government investment in science and technology is found to be positively related to GUEUL. The empirical results have significant implications for improving GUEUL through formulating and implementing regional and urban policies.

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Empirical research on the relationship between Informatization and Regional Economic Development of Qinghai Province

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/201913101097 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 131 ◽

pp. 01097

Author(s):

Wei Li ◽

Yi Li ◽

Ya fei Liu ◽

Sheng xi Ding

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Regional Economy ◽

Correlation Method ◽

Regional Economic Development ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Regional Economic ◽

Qinghai Province ◽

Development Level ◽

Gray Correlation ◽

The Relationship

This paper according to the characteristics of Qinghai Province System, constructs the evaluation index of informatization and regional economic development level, and the relationship between informatization and regional economic development in Qinghai Province is analyzed and calculated emphatically based on gray correlation method. The results show that the influence of different indicators on the regional economic development of Qinghai Province is different. Finally, the author puts forward some suggestions on the coordinated development of informatization construction and regional economy in Qinghai Province.

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A Global Analysis of the Relationship Between Urbanization and Fatalities in Earthquake-Prone Areas

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science ◽

10.1007/s13753-021-00385-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Chunyang He ◽

Qingxu Huang ◽

Xuemei Bai ◽

Derek T. Robinson ◽

Peijun Shi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Population Size ◽

Total Population ◽

Risk Mitigation ◽

Global Analysis ◽

Urban Land ◽

Population Increase ◽

Earthquake Risk ◽

The Relationship ◽

Earthquake Fatalities

AbstractUrbanization can be a challenge and an opportunity for earthquake risk mitigation. However, little is known about the changes in exposure (for example, population and urban land) to earthquakes in the context of global urbanization, and their impacts on fatalities in earthquake-prone areas. We present a global analysis of the changes in population size and urban land area in earthquake-prone areas from 1990 to 2015, and their impacts on earthquake-related fatalities. We found that more than two thirds of population growth (or 70% of total population in 2015) and nearly three quarters of earthquake-related deaths (or 307,918 deaths) in global earthquake-prone areas occurred in developing countries with an urbanization ratio (percentage of urban population to total population) between 20 and 60%. Holding other factors constant, population size was significantly and positively associated with earthquake fatalities, while the area of urban land was negatively related. The results suggest that fatalities increase for areas where the urbanization ratio is low, but after a ratio between 40 and 50% occurs, earthquake fatalities decline. This finding suggests that the resistance of building and infrastructure is greater in countries with higher urbanization ratios and highlights the need for further investigation. Our quantitative analysis is extended into the future using Shared Socioeconomic Pathways to reveal that by 2050, more than 50% of the population increase in global earthquake-prone areas will take place in a few developing countries (Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh) that are particularly vulnerable to earthquakes. To reduce earthquake-induced fatalities, enhanced resilience of buildings and urban infrastructure generally in these few countries should be a priority.

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Urban Land Use Transitions and the Economic Spatial Spillovers of Central Cities in China’s Urban Agglomerations

Land ◽

10.3390/land10060644 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (6) ◽

pp. 644

Author(s):

Hui Li ◽

Kunqiu Chen ◽

Lei Yan ◽

Yulin Zhu ◽

Liuwen Liao ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Land ◽

Urban Land Use ◽

Chinese Government ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Central Cities ◽

Urban Agglomerations ◽

Spatial Spillovers ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Production Factors

Urbanization and land use transformation are typical characteristics of China in recent decades. Studying the effects of urban land use transitions (ULUT) on the economic spatial spillovers of central cities (ESSCC) can provide a reference for China to optimize cities’ land space layout and promote their coordinated development. Based on the direct and indirect effects of ULUT in central cities on the production factors and economic growth in other cities, this paper reveals the mechanisms underlying the influence of ULUT on ESSCC. Then, we usethe expanded geographical distance-weighted spatial Durbin model with the panel data of 152 Chinese urban agglomeration cities from 2003 to 2016 to empirically test it. The results show that, since 2003, the rate of urban land expansions, the level of urban land intensive use (ULIU), the degree of land marketization, and the urban land prices in China have increased substantially; and the proportionate supplies of industrial land, commercial land, and residential land have decreased. Moreover, ULUT between cities have significant spatial autocorrelations. The current ULUT have positive but small effects on ESSCC. Among them, ULIU has the greatest promotion effects on ESSCC. The impacts of ULUT on ESSCC vary greatly among urban agglomerations. The ULUT in central cities indirectly enhance the ESSCC, which mainly depend on the positive effects of ULUT on enterprise investment, infrastructure investment, labor and technological efficiency and the spatial spread effects of these production factors. This is the main intermediate mechanism by which the ULUT in central cities enhance the ESSCC. Continuing to strengthen ULIU, promote the improvement of land marketization, and establish and improve the coordination mechanism for the economic development of urban agglomerations will help to strengthen the ESSCC in urban agglomerations. The results provide evidence for how the Chinese government can enhance the ESSCC and promote the coordinated development of cities through ULUT under new urbanization.

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Spatiotemporal Relationship Between Ecological Environment and Economic Development in Tropical and Subtropical Regions of Asia

Tropical Conservation Science ◽

10.1177/1940082919878961 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

pp. 194008291987896 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Tao Shi ◽

Tian Weiteng ◽

Wei Zhang ◽

Qian Zhou

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Entropy Method ◽

Ecological Environment ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Coordinated Development ◽

Positive Effects ◽

The North ◽

Positive Effect ◽

Better Than

This article is devoted to study the coordination coupling relationship between economic development and ecological environment in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia to reflect the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the coordination in different regions. Using the entropy method and Geographically and Temporally Weighted Regression model, we empirically analyze 14 tropical and subtropical countries in Asia from 2003 to 2016. The empirical results show that most of the tropical and subtropical sample countries in Asia are at an intermediate coordination coupling level between economic development and ecological environment; the economic development lag type is the main one, and the ecological development lag type is less. At the same time, the positive effects between economic development and ecological environment in most sample countries are more obvious. Spatially, the ecological environment in the north of the Asian tropical and subtropical countries has a positive effect on economic development rather than that in the south and tends to be positive. The positive effect of economic development on ecological environment in the faster economic development areas is better than that in the slower economic development areas, and more areas tend to play negative effects. The research in this article provides a basis for strengthening ecological environment protection in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, promoting the coordinated development of economic and ecological environment. Further, we put forward some corresponding policy recommendations.

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