The Impact of the Digital Economy on Urban Ecological Resilience: Empirical Evidence from China’s Comprehensive Big Data Pilot Zone Policy

The present study examines the effects of China’s comprehensive big data pilot zone policy on urban ecological resilience. This is achieved through the utilization of a quasi-natural experiment, employing panel data from 217 prefecture-level cities in China spanning the years 2010 to 2021. The resea...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 16; no. 9; p. 3611
Main Authors Zhang, Youzhi, Wang, Jingyi, Liu, Yinke, Zhao, Jing
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2024
Subjects
Analysis
Big Data
Business forms
China
Consumption
Digital economy
Economic aspects
Economic growth
Environmental economics
Environmental impact
Environmental regulations
Green technology
Mathematical models
Natural resources
Pollution
Productivity
Profit maximization
Profits
Urban areas
China
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ISSN2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI10.3390/su16093611

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Summary:The present study examines the effects of China’s comprehensive big data pilot zone policy on urban ecological resilience. This is achieved through the utilization of a quasi-natural experiment, employing panel data from 217 prefecture-level cities in China spanning the years 2010 to 2021. The research revealed that China’s extensive policy on big data pilot zones has a notable and favorable influence on the ecological resilience of urban areas. This impact is both constant and subject to variation across different regions. The aforementioned impact is attained by means of progressions in industrial structure and the introduction of innovative green technologies. Furthermore, the strategy exerts a beneficial impact on the ecological resilience of urban areas in adjacent regions by means of spatial spillover effects.
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ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su16093611