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Title The smart city: a new solution to urban shrinkage? Evidence from China
ID_Doc 37898
Authors Han, ZX; Peng, KJ; Mi, JN; Li, B
Title The smart city: a new solution to urban shrinkage? Evidence from China
Year 2024
Published Journal Of Asian Public Policy, 17, 1
DOI 10.1080/17516234.2022.2040086
Abstract While urban shrinkage has extensively befallen cities around the world, the current responses to urban shrinkage have been regarded as deficient and required optimization to help shrinking cities achieve sustainable economic growth and higher quality of life. This paper deploys difference-in-difference (DID) and successfully finds, based on China's national smart city pilot projects, significant effects of smart city development on shrinking cities in catalyzing sustainable economic growth by upgrading and diversifying local industries, promoting economic growth, and providing a better quality of life for citizens through improved wages, enhanced urban environment and public service.
Author Keywords Shrinking cities; smart cities; policy response; pilot project; difference-in-difference; China
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:000762603800001
WoS Category Area Studies
Research Area Area Studies
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