Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China
China’s environmental problems are emerging with the continuous development of the economy and urbanization. The study of the impact of urban spatial structure on environmental efficiency has important significance concerning exploring ways to reduce the environmental cost of economic activity. Base...
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| description | China’s environmental problems are emerging with the continuous development of the economy and urbanization. The study of the impact of urban spatial structure on environmental efficiency has important significance concerning exploring ways to reduce the environmental cost of economic activity. Based on the fusion-corrected DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS nighttime light data, this paper constructs spatial structure indicators of 276 prefecture-level cities and then empirically tests the impact of urban spatial structure on environmental efficiency using a fixed-effects model. The results show that: 1) The monocentric spatial structure has higher environmental efficiency than the polycentric spatial structure. 2) The mechanism analysis shows that the monocentric spatial structure could improve environmental efficiency through learning, sharing, and matching. 3) Population size and density have a robust moderating effect that when the resident population size of a city is more than 5 million or the population density is beyond 280 persons/km2, the monocentric spatial structure has a negative impact on environmental efficiency. In contrast, the polycentric spatial structure is more effective. 4) The point-based household registration policy adopted by the government to control population size has no significant impact on environmental efficiency, while the environmental information disclosure policy can effectively play a role. Our findings provide a basis for the Chinese government to formulate urban planning and environmental protection policies and offer the experience to other developing countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-06678b9139494861ab2c012f93ec0ed32022-12-22T04:16:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2022-11-011010.3389/fenvs.2022.10585851058585Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in ChinaJing Ye0Feng Wei1Xihe Liu2Jinkai Li3School of Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaSchool of Economics, Shanghai University, Shanghai, ChinaChina’s environmental problems are emerging with the continuous development of the economy and urbanization. The study of the impact of urban spatial structure on environmental efficiency has important significance concerning exploring ways to reduce the environmental cost of economic activity. Based on the fusion-corrected DMSP-OLS and NPP-VIIRS nighttime light data, this paper constructs spatial structure indicators of 276 prefecture-level cities and then empirically tests the impact of urban spatial structure on environmental efficiency using a fixed-effects model. The results show that: 1) The monocentric spatial structure has higher environmental efficiency than the polycentric spatial structure. 2) The mechanism analysis shows that the monocentric spatial structure could improve environmental efficiency through learning, sharing, and matching. 3) Population size and density have a robust moderating effect that when the resident population size of a city is more than 5 million or the population density is beyond 280 persons/km2, the monocentric spatial structure has a negative impact on environmental efficiency. In contrast, the polycentric spatial structure is more effective. 4) The point-based household registration policy adopted by the government to control population size has no significant impact on environmental efficiency, while the environmental information disclosure policy can effectively play a role. Our findings provide a basis for the Chinese government to formulate urban planning and environmental protection policies and offer the experience to other developing countries.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1058585/fullurban spatial structuremonocentric spatial structurepolycentric spatial structureenvironmental efficiencynighttime light data |
| spellingShingle | Jing Ye Feng Wei Xihe Liu Jinkai Li Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China Frontiers in Environmental Science urban spatial structure monocentric spatial structure polycentric spatial structure environmental efficiency nighttime light data |
| title | Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China |
| title_full | Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China |
| title_fullStr | Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China |
| title_short | Urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency: Empirical analysis from prefecture-level cities in China |
| title_sort | urban spatial structure and environmental efficiency empirical analysis from prefecture level cities in china |
| topic | urban spatial structure monocentric spatial structure polycentric spatial structure environmental efficiency nighttime light data |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1058585/full |
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