The Green and Low-Carbon Development of Ecological Cities

Zhu, Shouxian

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“…In the common thread, these studies anchor themselves in the principles of sustainable development, predominantly employing the trinity of social, economic, and environmental dimensions to gauge the development performance of low-carbon cities. Notably, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has produced a seminal study encompassing low-carbon cost performance evaluation, encompassing economic transformation, social transformation, and the low-carbon environment—an enduring cornerstone within the Chinese context (Zhu S and Liang B, 2012 [ 42 ]).…”

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“…While some studies have initiated discussions on the differentiation of performance paths in low-carbon city development [ 42 , 43 ], there are limited exemplars or reference samples available to explain the diverse paths of low-carbon city construction.The existing studies have room for improvement in the following areas. Firstly, although they have provided rich explanations for low-carbon city construction performance, it requires considerable time and effort to provide sufficient theoretical support for selecting differentiated paths to enhance low-carbon city construction performance.…”

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What determines the performance of low-carbon cities in China? Analysis of the grouping based on the technology—Organization—Environment framework

Chen,

Cai,

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background and objectives Addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions have emerged as shared global objectives. Enhancing the development performance of low-carbon cities has become an urgent and widely acknowledged concern for both government policy-making departments and academics. Drawing upon the complex grouping perspective and resource allocation theory, this study investigates how varying conditions related to technology, organization, and environment in Chinese low-carbon pilot cities can effectively allocate resources to shape the governance performance of low-carbon cities. Methods and data This paper employs a comprehensive grouping analysis perspective, treating the research object as a combination of various ways between condition variables. It integrates the advantages of case studies and variable studies, and investigates the collective relationships between elemental groupings and outcomes using the fsQCA analysis method. This approach facilitates the understanding of multiple concurrent causal relationships within the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework, accounting for different performance levels in Chinese low-carbon pilot cities, as well as addressing complex causal issues such as asymmetry and multiple scenario equivalence. Data from 30 representative low-carbon pilot cities in China were employed to validate the TOE theoretical framework. Conclusion No single element alone can be considered a necessary condition for low-carbon city governance performance. However, environmental enhancement plays a more prominent role in the governance performance of low-carbon cities. Additionally, the presence of "multiple concurrent" technical, organizational, and environmental conditions leads to a diverse range of governance performance in Chinese low-carbon pilot cities. In other words, the driving paths of low-carbon city performance exhibit distinct pathways. Contribution The findings of this study can assist low-carbon pilot city managers in generating effective governance ideas, facilitating the successful implementation of low-carbon city pilot projects, and drawing valuable lessons from the experience of low-carbon city development in China.

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