Spatial analysis of the digital economy’s influence on urban sustainable development: A decade-long study of Chinese prefecture-level cities

Su Yang; Hanghang Li; Xiuyan Liu; Yuhu Wei; Jie Shen; Baoquan Cheng

Ecological Indicators (Sep 2024)

Spatial analysis of the digital economy’s influence on urban sustainable development: A decade-long study of Chinese prefecture-level cities

Su Yang,
Hanghang Li,
Xiuyan Liu,
Yuhu Wei,
Jie Shen,
Baoquan Cheng

Affiliations

Su Yang: Anhui Institute of Real Estate and Housing Provident/ Anhui Research Center of Construction Economy and Real Estate Management, School of Economics and Management, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, China
Hanghang Li: Anhui Institute of Real Estate and Housing Provident/ Anhui Research Center of Construction Economy and Real Estate Management, School of Economics and Management, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, China
Xiuyan Liu: School of Economics and Management, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Yuhu Wei: College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore
Jie Shen: Anhui Institute of Real Estate and Housing Provident/ Anhui Research Center of Construction Economy and Real Estate Management, School of Economics and Management, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230022, China
Baoquan Cheng: School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Corresponding author at: School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 166
p. 112338

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Urban Sustainable Development (USD) is crucial for social advancement, and the rise of the Digital Economy (DE) offers potential pathways to achieve it. This study has employed the DPSIR framework and an entropy-based approach to evaluate the DE and USD across 284 Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2011 to 2020. Using the Spatial Durbin Model, the results have revealed that DE significantly enhances USD and has a spatial spillover effect of up to 300 km. The eastern region, as well as the Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta regions, show stronger spillover effects than the central and western regions and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. These findings have provided insights for policymakers to leverage digital advancements to promote urban sustainability.

Published in Ecological Indicators

ISSN: 1470-160X (Print); 1872-7034 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ecological-indicators

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