| Title |
Impact of smart city pilot on energy and environmental performance: China-based empirical evidence |
| ID_Doc |
37167 |
| Authors |
Guo, QB; Zeng, DY; Lee, CC |
| Title |
Impact of smart city pilot on energy and environmental performance: China-based empirical evidence |
| Year |
2023 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.scs.2023.104731 |
| Abstract |
Attaining a win-win scenario among economic growth, energy conservation, and emission reduction is an essential requirement for the transformation towards smart cities. This research leverages panel data from 260 prefecture-level cities in China between 2009 and 2020, applies the non-radial directional distance function (NDDF) for the quantification of energy and environmental performance (EEP), and harnesses the multi-period difference-in-differences (DID) model to empirically investigate the influence of the smart city pilot policy (SCPP) on EEP. The findings reveal the following. (1) SCPP significantly enhances EEP in cities of China. (2) Mechanism analysis indicates that SCPP primarily improves EEP by promoting economic agglomeration and driving innovation development. (3) The enhancement effect of SCPP on EEP exhibits a time lag and tends to decay in later stages, without exerting a notable spillover effect on EEP of neighboring cities. (4) The EEP of cities with lower administrative levels and insufficient resource endowments has experienced more substantial improvements under SCPP. This study offers valuable insights for developing countries with backgrounds similar to China for improving urban ecological environments and achieving sustainable development. |
| Author Keywords |
Smart city; Energy and environmental performance; Economic agglomeration; Innovation -driven; Multi -period DID |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:001038856800001 |
| WoS Category |
Construction & Building Technology; Green & Sustainable Science & Technology; Energy & Fuels |
| Research Area |
Construction & Building Technology; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Energy & Fuels |
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