How does digital technology empower urban green development efficiency in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region—mechanism analysis and spatial effects

Yang, Yangyang; Gu, Runde; Ma, Shengbin; Chen, Weike

doi:10.1007/s11356-022-24368-9

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“…For example, the greater the terrain undulation, the higher the technical standards required for laying internet and broadband hardware devices. In addition, mountainous terrain can also affect the transmission quality and speed of mobile network signals, thereby limiting the operational efficiency and application scenarios of DT and digital capital [89]. Air pollutants originate from the various consumption and combustion actions of human economic activities.…”

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Blue Sky Protection Campaign: Assessing the Role of Digital Technology in Reducing Air Pollution

Shen,

Zhang

2024

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Air pollution severely threatens people’s health and sustainable economic development. In the era of the digital economy, modern information technology is profoundly changing the way governments govern, the production mode of enterprises, and the living behavior of residents. Whether digital technology can bring ecological welfare needs to be further studied. Based on panel data from 269 Chinese cities from 2006 to 2021, this study empirically examines the impact of digital technology on air pollution by using the two-way fixed effect model. The results show that digital technology will significantly reduce the concentration of fine particles in the air and help protect the atmospheric environment. The results are still valid after using the interactive fixed effect model and the two-stage least square method after the robustness test and causality identification. Digital technology can also reduce the air pollution by promoting green innovation, improving energy efficiency, and easing market segmentation. The effect of digital technology on reducing the concentration of fine particles in the air is heterogeneous. Digital technology plays a more substantial role in reducing pollution in resource-based cities and areas with a high degree of modernization of the commodity supply chain. The positive effect of digital technology in reducing air pollution is affected by the amount of air pollutants emitted. When the concentration of PM2.5 in the air is high, the role of digital technology in protecting the atmosphere will be strongly highlighted. This research is a beneficial exploration of protecting the atmospheric environment by using digital technology while building an ecological civilization society. The conclusion will help urban managers, the public, and business operators entirely use modern equipment such as 5G, remote sensing, and the Internet of Things in their respective fields to protect the atmospheric environment.

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Blue Sky Protection Campaign: Assessing the Role of Digital Technology in Reducing Air Pollution

Shen,

Zhang

2024

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“…It is found that technological innovation significantly improves UGDE [15] , and the impact of technological innovation on UGDE in eastern cities of China is greater than that in central and western cities of China, and the higher the administrative level of a city, the greater the impact of technological innovation on UGDE 26 . The development of digital technology, which belongs to one of the categories of technological innovation, significantly improves UGDE, its influence mechanism is to improve the intensity of environmental regulation and the level of technological innovation 27 . Financial agglomeration shows the periodic characteristics of diffusion and equilibrium, which have the non-equilibrium impact on UGDE 28,29 .…”

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Spatial-temporal Evolution and Peer Effects of Urban Green Development Efficiency: Evidence from China

Zhou,

Zhong

2023

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In the process of global urban development, there are urgent ecological security and environmental pollution problems, green development is the fundamental way for urban sustainable development, economic transformation and mitigation of ecological and environmental problems. Based on the panel data of 283 cities at prefecture level and above in China from 2003 to 2017, this paper analyzes spatial-temporal evolution characteristics of urban green development efficiency (UGDE) and the peer effects of UGDE between cities of different grades. It is found that during the study period, in terms of temporal evolution, the average UGDE in China increased from 0.47 in 2003 to 0.61 in 2017, with a cumulative growth rate of 29.79%, showing a rising trend in general. In terms of spatial evolution, the number of low-efficiency cities and medium-efficiency cities continued to decrease. The eastern region has always been the main distribution areas of higher-efficiency cities and high-efficiency cities; in the central region, UGDE in most cities improved significantly; in the western region, UGDE has always lagged behind that in the eastern and central regions. In addition, the center of gravity of UGDE presented a trend of northwest migration in general, with a total displacement of 100.07 km, and UGDE showed a spatial dispersion trend. The empirical results indicate that the improvement of UGDE in large cities has a driving effect on that in neighboring medium cities and small cities through the positive peer effect, and the growth of UGDE in medium cities has a promoting effect on that in neighboring small cities through the positive peer effect; the increase of UGDE in medium cities has a positive peer effect on that in neighboring large cities, and the growth of UGDE in small cities has a positive peer effect on that in neighboring medium cities; UGDE promotes each other between large cities through the positive peer effect.

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“…However, when MER is above the second threshold or VER is above the single-threshold, the development of the Internet will hinder the promotion of CEEI. Our relevant studies areGodil (2020) et al, andYang (2023) et al Godil et al (2020) pointed out that institutional quality can regulate the relationship between information and communications technologies and CO2. Yang et al (2023) pointed out in their conclusion that digital development can affect green development efficiency through environmental regulation.…”

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The impact of Internet development on carbon emission efficiency of industrial sector: the threshold effect ofmultiple environmental regulations

baitong,

jian,

Yan

2023

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Under the background of carbon emission constraint and Industrial intelligent transformation, the extent to which Internet development affects the carbon emission efficiency of industrial sector (CEEI) has been increasingly focused. Using China’s provincial data during the period of 2011 to 2020, this study illustrates the impact of Internet development on CEEI and the role of different types and intensities of environmental regulatory tools in the relationship. The following conclusions could be drawn from this study. (1) Internet development will promote the CEEI. And the relationship is influenced by multiple environmental regulations, namely, command-controlled environmental regulation (CER), market-incentive environmental regulation (MER) and voluntary public participation environmental regulation (VER). For the whole sample, the enhancement effect of Internet development across the CER threshold on CEEI is weakened. when MER is between its two thresholds, the boost effect will be greatest. And under the VER threshold effect, the relationship presents an inverted U-shaped. (2) Heterogeneity analysis shows that the influence of Internet development on CEEI varies in different regions under the threshold of three types of environmental regulation tools. Therefore, the government should implement a diversified portfolio of environmental regulation policies, and give full play to the maximum effect of Internet development on CEEI promotion according to regional characteristics, thereby promoting industrial green transformation and upgrading.

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How does digital technology empower urban green development efficiency in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region—mechanism analysis and spatial effects

Cited by 14 publications

References 63 publications

Blue Sky Protection Campaign: Assessing the Role of Digital Technology in Reducing Air Pollution

Blue Sky Protection Campaign: Assessing the Role of Digital Technology in Reducing Air Pollution

Spatial-temporal Evolution and Peer Effects of Urban Green Development Efficiency: Evidence from China

The impact of Internet development on carbon emission efficiency of industrial sector: the threshold effect ofmultiple environmental regulations

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