How the Establishment of the National Civilized City Promotes Urban Green Development
From the Perspective of Administrative Competing Theory—A Quasi Experiment Study in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15513355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rongrong Shi (0009-0002-8003-9345, Soochow University), Dian Song (0000-0003-4133-0455, Soochow University, corresponding author), Guoqiang Rui (Soochow University, corresponding author), Hainan Wu (0000-0001-8606-4993, Anhui University of Finance and Economics) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 17 |
| Pages | 11103-11103 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191711103 |
| PMID | 36078820 |
| OpenAlex | W4294740962 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 33 |
Green development is the core goal for contemporary urban areas. It has become essential to explore new types of urban green development, and the concept of the "national civilized city" which is the most influential city brand in China, has emerged. Drawing upon the administrative competing theory, based on the panel data of 281 cities in China from 2000 to 2018, this paper employs a propensity scores matching (PSM) design and a difference-in-difference (DID) approach to examine the influence of the establishment of the national civilized city policy on the green development of prefecture-level cities in China. First, the result shows that the establishment of the national civilized city policy can significantly improve the urban green total factor productivity (GTFP). Second, the mediation mechanism analyses show that the establishment of national civilized city policy can promote cities to increase their investment in R&D, increase the financial investment in environmental governance, and optimize the industrial structure, which further lays a solid foundation for urban green development. Third, the heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of civilized city construction on urban GTFP is different in terms of population and economic scales. The results show that the weight of environmental management and R&D investment should be increased in the evaluation index of the national civilized city, and the promotion of urban green development should be maximized
China · Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Green development · Investment (military · Mediation · Panel data · Political science · Promotion (chess · Regional science · Urban planning · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Engineering · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Urban Transport and Accessibility
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 2,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |