Influence mechanism between green finance and green innovation: Exploring regional policy intervention effects in China

Transformation effect of resource-based cities based on PSM-DID model: An empirical analysis from China

Conceptual and empirical progress have failed to keep up with growing industry interest in leadership, green innovation, and green creativity in the service industries. The purpose of this study is...

Leadership, green innovation, and green creativity: a systematic review

Does the extended producer responsibility system promote the green technological innovation of enterprises? An empirical study based on the difference-in-differences model

In the context of sustainable development, countries around the world shed more light on green innovation in their environmental policies, and the digital economy may take a vital part in improving green innovation. Predicted on the panel data of 278 cities in China from 2011 to 2019, this research administrates the principal component analysis (PCA) to evaluate the advancement level of the urban digital economy and employs the number of urban green patent applications to represent green innovation level. Through the benchmark regression model, the mediating effect model, the spatial Durbin model, the dynamic threshold panel model, and the gradual difference-in-difference model, this paper explores the direct effect, indirect effect, spatial effect, nonlinear relationship, and policy effect of that digital economy has on green innovation. The development of the digital economy can improve green innovation levels in indirect ways, such as by boosting the degree of economic openness, optimizing the industrial structure, and expanding the market potential, and as economic openness, industrial structure, and market potential advance, the promotion intensity of digital economy on green innovation is becoming lower and lower. The development of green innovation has an obvious spatial spillover effect. Still, the enhancement of green innovation in more developed regions may inhibit green innovation in less developed regions due to talent flow and industrial transfer. Finally, the gradual difference-in-difference model founded on the ‘Broadband China’ pilot policy supplementarily verifies that digital economy enhancement can substantially advance urban green innovation. 

Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China?

Can environmental regulation promote urban green innovation Efficiency? An empirical study based on Chinese cities

Multi-scenario simulation of urban growth boundaries with an ESP-FLUS model: A case study of the Min Delta region, China

Drawing on transit smart card data coupled with weather station records across a 12-month period, this paper investigates the influence of local weather on urban transit ridership in Brisbane, Australia. A set of negative binomial regression models is applied at both daily and half-hourly levels to approximate the weather–transit ridership relationship across different passenger types. In addition, combining genetic algorithm and partial correlation, a new analytic approach is developed to capture the critical points in the weather–transit ridership relationship. The modelling results reveal that the influence of weather condition on transit ridership is not consistent in terms of passenger type and transit mode, and such characterised influence also has an obvious character of spatiotemporal heterogeneity. At the daily level, senior is found to be more sensitive to variations in weather condition compared to other types of passengers. At the half-hourly level, weather is shown a stronger influence on transit ridership during midday off-peak hours vis-à-vis either morning peak or evening peak. Furthermore, grounded in the new analytic approach, our modelling results also highlight that there exist critical points when weather variable reaches transit ridership varies substantially and those critical points are differed by transit mode, trip origin and time period. We argue our findings would be important in enriching an evidence base with the capacity to inform transit operators to (re)schedule and (re)design their transit services in response to all weather conditions. 

How wet is too wet? Modelling the influence of weather condition on urban transit ridership

Urban sprawl is a development theme of cities all over the world, especially in developing countries with rapid urbanization, and the long-established rough and outward urban growth pattern has brought about a series of social and ecological problems. As an important tool in controlling urban sprawl in western countries, the urban growth boundary (UGB) has become one of the three major policy tools in the national spatial planning system since it was introduced into China. Combined with a bibliometric analysis, this literature review summarizes UGB studies on development and evolution, delimitation means, and implementation management and provides references for studying UGB adaptability in China. The results show that: (1) Originating from Howard’s garden city concept, UGB studies have formed a relatively complete system of “theoretical basis, technical methods, supporting policies, and implementation management” through long-term empirical research in foreign countries. With a relatively late start in China, UGB research currently focuses on different situations between China and abroad and the adaptation of China’s localization. (2) UGB delimitation mainly includes two aspects: forward expansion, which, from the urban development perspective, is mainly supported by cellular automata (CA) urban growth simulation; and reverse restriction, which, from the ecological protection perspective, is supported by ecological security pattern construction, ecological sensitivity evaluation, and land suitability evaluation. (3) Many foreign UGB implementations have different forms and more flexible and comprehensive corresponding supporting policies. However, the current state of research in China in this area is still insufficient. Against the background of the national spatial planning system reform, the findings of this review provide references for delineating UGB that considers ecological protection and urban development under the scenarios of planning, formulating a supporting mechanism for multi-subject participation and multi-party coordination, and establishing an adjustment system based on implementation effect evaluation.

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Xiaoyang Liu

Papers

Can environmental regulation promote urban green innovation Efficiency? An empirical study based on Chinese cities

Multi-scenario simulation of urban growth boundaries with an ESP-FLUS model: A case study of the Min Delta region, China

How wet is too wet? Modelling the influence of weather condition on urban transit ridership

Progress of Research on Urban Growth Boundary and Its Implications in Chinese Studies Based on Bibliometric Analysis