Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China
Nowadays countries in the world are striving to transform their economic and social development modes to achieve the general goal of green development. With the rapid development of communication technology, digitalization has affected production and life, touching all aspects of society. Can digita...
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| author | Lindong Ma Lindong Ma Weixiang Xu Shouchao He Yuanxiao Hong Weixia Yang Yanping Zhao |
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| description | Nowadays countries in the world are striving to transform their economic and social development modes to achieve the general goal of green development. With the rapid development of communication technology, digitalization has affected production and life, touching all aspects of society. Can digitalization make the world “greener”? To this end, this study conducts an empirical research based on the panel data of 276 cities in China from 2011 to 2020. Firstly, this paper separately measured the comprehensive level of urban digitalization and urban greening through the Entropy-TOPSIS method, then analyzed their spatial distribution characteristics and evolution process respectively, finally used the spatial Durbin model to explore the impact of digitalization on urban greening development. The following conclusions were drawn accordingly: (1). The development pattern of urban digitalization has changed from “multi-point” sporadic distribution to “group-type” aggregation with obvious spatial heterogeneity. The gap between cities is not narrowing. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration has become an important high-level digital agglomeration area; (2). The urban greening develops with obvious spatial heterogeneity. The difference between eastern regions and western regions is prominent, and the urban spatial agglomeration characteristic is distinct. However, the spillover effect is weakened with distance, while the convergence characteristic becomes obvious; (3). Digitalization is significantly beneficial to the development of urban greening with obvious spatial heterogeneity. Digitalization in cities within urban agglomeration and in eastern regions has a stronger effect on promoting the urban greening, which is not obvious in cities located in western regions and non-urban agglomeration. Finally, according to the research results, suggestions for urban digitalization and greening development are put forward. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48f13ab581304ac4985e4166144ba8a22023-03-03T13:46:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2023-03-011110.3389/fevo.2023.10748271074827Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in ChinaLindong Ma0Lindong Ma1Weixiang Xu2Shouchao He3Yuanxiao Hong4Weixia Yang5Yanping Zhao6School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, ChinaXingzhi College, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, ChinaSchool of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Wenzhou University of Technology, Wenzhou, ChinaXingzhi College, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, ChinaSchool of Business, Xi’an International University, Xi’an, ChinaZhejiang College, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Jinhua, ChinaNowadays countries in the world are striving to transform their economic and social development modes to achieve the general goal of green development. With the rapid development of communication technology, digitalization has affected production and life, touching all aspects of society. Can digitalization make the world “greener”? To this end, this study conducts an empirical research based on the panel data of 276 cities in China from 2011 to 2020. Firstly, this paper separately measured the comprehensive level of urban digitalization and urban greening through the Entropy-TOPSIS method, then analyzed their spatial distribution characteristics and evolution process respectively, finally used the spatial Durbin model to explore the impact of digitalization on urban greening development. The following conclusions were drawn accordingly: (1). The development pattern of urban digitalization has changed from “multi-point” sporadic distribution to “group-type” aggregation with obvious spatial heterogeneity. The gap between cities is not narrowing. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration has become an important high-level digital agglomeration area; (2). The urban greening develops with obvious spatial heterogeneity. The difference between eastern regions and western regions is prominent, and the urban spatial agglomeration characteristic is distinct. However, the spillover effect is weakened with distance, while the convergence characteristic becomes obvious; (3). Digitalization is significantly beneficial to the development of urban greening with obvious spatial heterogeneity. Digitalization in cities within urban agglomeration and in eastern regions has a stronger effect on promoting the urban greening, which is not obvious in cities located in western regions and non-urban agglomeration. Finally, according to the research results, suggestions for urban digitalization and greening development are put forward.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1074827/fullurban digitalizationurban greening developmentspatial spillover effectEntropy-TOPSIS modelspatial Durbin modelChina |
| spellingShingle | Lindong Ma Lindong Ma Weixiang Xu Shouchao He Yuanxiao Hong Weixia Yang Yanping Zhao Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution urban digitalization urban greening development spatial spillover effect Entropy-TOPSIS model spatial Durbin model China |
| title | Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China |
| title_full | Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China |
| title_fullStr | Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China |
| title_short | Does digitalization make urban development greener? A case from 276 cities in China |
| title_sort | does digitalization make urban development greener a case from 276 cities in china |
| topic | urban digitalization urban greening development spatial spillover effect Entropy-TOPSIS model spatial Durbin model China |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1074827/full |
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