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Title Smart city construction and urban green development: empirical evidence from China
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Authors Zhang, YZ; Liu, YK; Zhao, J; Wang, JY
Title Smart city construction and urban green development: empirical evidence from China
Year 2023
Published Scientific Reports, 13, 1
DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-44061-2
Abstract Smart 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.
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Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:001086926800052
WoS Category Multidisciplinary Sciences
Research Area Science & Technology - Other Topics
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