Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China

Digital economy has become an important engine for promoting green development.The existing literature mainly analyzed the impact of digital economy on green development, but rarely examines the coordinated development relationship between the two. This study contributes to the literature by constru...

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Main Authors: Yunqin Liu, Tingyao Jiang
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Communications
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad7704
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description Digital economy has become an important engine for promoting green development.The existing literature mainly analyzed the impact of digital economy on green development, but rarely examines the coordinated development relationship between the two. This study contributes to the literature by constructing a research framework for the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development, using entropy method, coupling coordination model, and spatial auto-correlation to examine the coordinated development relationship between the two.The results show that:(1) During the research period, the comprehensive level of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) both showed an upward and consistent trend. The level of digital economy was significantly lower than that of green development, but the gap between the two continued to narrow. (2) The overall coupling coordination level between digital economy and green development in the 41 cities of YRD was relatively low but showing a continuous upward trend. It has undergone a transition from near imbalance to primary coordination, still with a long way to realize high-quality coordination. (3) The coupling coordination level of digital economy and urban green development in different regions of YRD showed spatial differences, the order from high to low was Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui province respectively. (4) The coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the YRD exhibited significant spatial positive correlation and spatial dependence characteristics. The research results can provide a new perspective to promote the positive interaction between green development and digital economy.
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spelling doaj-art-613c8bbd3aa0443a933d12428a04d2282025-08-20T01:55:18ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Communications2515-76202024-01-016909502710.1088/2515-7620/ad7704Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of ChinaYunqin Liu0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6764-4909Tingyao Jiang1College of Economics & Management, China Three Gorges University , Yichang 443002, People’s Republic of China; College of Economics & Management, Nanchang Institute of Science & Technology , Nanchang 330108, People’s Republic of ChinaCollege of Computer & Information Technology, China Three Gorges University , Yichang 443002, People’s Republic of ChinaDigital economy has become an important engine for promoting green development.The existing literature mainly analyzed the impact of digital economy on green development, but rarely examines the coordinated development relationship between the two. This study contributes to the literature by constructing a research framework for the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development, using entropy method, coupling coordination model, and spatial auto-correlation to examine the coordinated development relationship between the two.The results show that:(1) During the research period, the comprehensive level of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) both showed an upward and consistent trend. The level of digital economy was significantly lower than that of green development, but the gap between the two continued to narrow. (2) The overall coupling coordination level between digital economy and green development in the 41 cities of YRD was relatively low but showing a continuous upward trend. It has undergone a transition from near imbalance to primary coordination, still with a long way to realize high-quality coordination. (3) The coupling coordination level of digital economy and urban green development in different regions of YRD showed spatial differences, the order from high to low was Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui province respectively. (4) The coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the YRD exhibited significant spatial positive correlation and spatial dependence characteristics. The research results can provide a new perspective to promote the positive interaction between green development and digital economy.https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad7704digital economyurban green developmentcoupling coordination degreethe Yangtze River Delta
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Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China
Environmental Research Communications
digital economy
urban green development
coupling coordination degree
the Yangtze River Delta
title Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China
title_full Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China
title_fullStr Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China
title_full_unstemmed Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China
title_short Research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the Yangtze River Delta of China
title_sort research on the coupling coordination of digital economy and urban green development in the yangtze river delta of china
topic digital economy
urban green development
coupling coordination degree
the Yangtze River Delta
url https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad7704
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