Author:
Zhang Youzhi,Liu Yinke,Zhao Jing,Wang Jingyi
Abstract
AbstractSmart city construction represents an advanced stage of China's urbanisation process and plays an important role in promoting green economic growth and sustainable development. Propensity score matching is combined with the difference-in-difference method to analyse the data of 221 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2020 to assess the impact of smart city construction on urban green development. We found that smart city construction can significantly contribute to urban green development; this contribution has long-term benefits. Further analysis shows that smart city construction promotes urban green development via industrial structure and green technology innovation and that smart city construction has a significant positive spatial spillover effect, i.e., it promotes urban green development locally while significantly contributing to urban green development in neighbouring regions.
Funder
The Shaanxi Social Science Fund Project "Mechanism, Effect and Policy Research on Digital Economy Driving Transformation and Upgrading of Traditional Manufacturing Industry in Shaanxi"
Xi 'an Social Science Planning Fund Project "Comprehensive Evaluation and Improvement Path Research on High-quality Development Level of Xi 'an Advanced Manufacturing Industry"
Xi'an Shiyou University Postgraduate Innovation and Practice Training Program Grant
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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