| Title |
Horizontal ecological compensation mechanism and green low-carbon development in river basins: evidence from Xin'an River basin |
| ID_Doc |
32006 |
| Authors |
Quan, TS; Zhang, H; Li, J; Lu, BQ |
| Title |
Horizontal ecological compensation mechanism and green low-carbon development in river basins: evidence from Xin'an River basin |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
Environmental Science And Pollution Research, 30, 38 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s11356-023-28679-3 |
| Abstract |
The Basin Horizontal Ecological Compensation Mechanism (BHEC) is a significant institutional innovation in China's water environment management, aimed at achieving green, low-carbon, and high-quality development in the basin. This paper examines the current status of the spatial association network of green low-carbon development in Xin'an River basin, using social network analysis based on data from prefecture-level cities between 2006 and 2019. Using a dual difference model, the paper explores the important role of BHEC in promoting green low-carbon development from the perspectives of production and consumption and analyzes the path of BHEC's promotion of green low-carbon development in detail. The results indicate that (1) the green low-carbon development in the Xin'an River basin is universally connected in space, but this connection is uneven among the cities in the basin, presenting a network spatial structure with the central region as the core and the north and south regions approaching the core. (2) BHEC contributes to green low-carbon development, and the "two-wheel drive" of green technology progress and green technology efficiency is essential to improve green low-carbon development. (3) From the perspective of consumption affecting green low-carbon development, the positive impact of BHEC on green low-carbon development is inseparable from the synergistic guarantee of public participation. (4) From the production side of green low-carbon development, the ecological effect, structural effect, and technological effect are significant transmission factors of compensation policies affecting green low-carbon development. (5) The "blood transfusion" pilot policy is more helpful to improve green low-carbon development, and compensation policy has positive spillover effects. Finally, the paper argues that the trans-basin ecological compensation policy is expected to become a long-term mechanism to promote green low-carbon and high-quality development in the basin, providing a theoretical and practical basis for developing countries to achieve green low-carbon development through an ecological compensation system. |
| Author Keywords |
Basin horizontal ecological compensation mechanism; Green low-carbon development; Public participation; Network characteristics analysis; Spatial spillover effect |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001027838400003 |
| WoS Category |
Environmental Sciences |
| Research Area |
Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
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