The impact of polycentric development on regional gap of energy efficiency: A Chinese provincial perspective

Yanfen, Zou; Lu, Yuhai; Cheng, Yang

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.285

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“…Some scholars have found that a polycentric spatial structure will promote the improvement of energy utilization efficiency [ 74 ], economic efficiency [ 75 ], green land use efficiency [ 8 ], etc. Although there are important discoveries revealed by these studies between polycentric spatial structures and efficiency, there are also limitations.…”

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Influence Mechanism of Polycentric Spatial Structure on Urban Land Use Efficiency: A Moderated Mediation Model

Zhu

Wang

Peng

et al. 2022

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Under the background of green development, the spatial structure of urban agglomerations (UA) has an important impact on urban land use efficiency (ULUE), but few studies have explored the impact mechanism between the two. This research explores the impacts of polycentric development on ULUE of UA, using data for 140 cities in China’s top ten key UA covering the period from 2004–2019. The linkage between polycentric development and ULUE is explored by estimating models of determinants of ULUE. This research also examines the mechanism of the polycentric spatial structure of UA on ULUE by using a moderated mediation model. The main findings of the research can be concluded as below. The eastern UAs show a mostly polycentric spatial structure, whereas the central and western UAs show a weak polycentric spatial structure. The polycentric spatial structure of UA has a positive impact on ULUE. An inverted U-shape curve depicts the relationship between the polycentric spatial structure of UA and ULUE. However, the mediating variables, integration of industrial structure and factor mobility have a positive and partially mediating effect between the polycentric spatial structure of UA and ULUE. The infrastructure level has a positive U-shaped regulation effect, in which the impact coefficient of transport infrastructure is more significant. These findings provide empirical evidence for the coordinated development of China’s regional space planning and ULUE.

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Influence Mechanism of Polycentric Spatial Structure on Urban Land Use Efficiency: A Moderated Mediation Model

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Wang

Peng

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“…The model considers the region to be a group, with research and development departments clustered in the center area, and primary manufacturing departments clustered in the peripheral area (Duranton and Puga, 2005). Studies have limited the measurement of the regional energy efficiency gap at the province level or country level (Alcantara and Duro, 2004;Zou et al, 2019). Analysis of the gap in city-level energy efficiency in specific regions has received little attention.…”

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“…These statistics show that China's average energy efficiency has a large space for improvement. From a regional perspective, Zou et al (2019) point out that the energy efficiency gap in different cities even reached more than six times in China. Core cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou have higher levels of energy efficiency, and peripheral cities such as Tangshan, Changzhou and Huizhou have lower energy efficiency (Chen et al, 2016).…”

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Can regional integration narrow city-level energy efficiency gap in China?

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“…Therefore, we further evaluate our results by changing the measurement of energy efficiency and the mediating variables. We use the total-factor energy efficiency based on the SFA model to measure energy efficiency (Zou et al, 2019); Theil index (Gan et al, 2011) to represent the industrial structure (replacing the proportion of the added value of the secondary and tertiary industries in GDP), and the number of accepted patent applications (Yuan et al, 2012) to represent technological innovation (replacing the number of authorized patent applications). As noted previously, only the optimal GMM estimation is used.…”

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The impact of high-tech industry development on energy efficiency and its influencing mechanisms

Yanfen

Huang

Xiang

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In responding to climate change, energy efficiency is one of the key factors for sustainable development, where the high-tech industry can play an important role. However, whether the development of high-tech industry impacts energy efficiency as well as the mechanisms behind still remain unclear. Thus, based on the dynamic spatial Durbin model, this study aims to investigate: 1) the impact of high-tech industry development on energy efficiency from three perspectives of high-tech industry development, i.e., scale, productivity, and agglomeration, and 2) the mechanisms behind such impact especially through technological innovation and industrial structure. The results confirm the influence of high-tech industry development on energy efficiency both directly and indirectly. On the one hand, our analysis contributes on the existing body of scientific knowledge by expounding the relationship between scale, productivity, and agglomeration of high-tech industry development and energy efficiency. On the other hand, it further deepens the understanding on such relationship by revealing two underlying mechanisms behind, i.e., through promoting technological innovation, the productivity and agglomeration of high-tech industries can either completely or partially improve energy efficiency, while the scale and agglomeration of high-tech industries can hinder energy efficiency to a certain level through the industrial restructuring. Based on these findings, this paper provides some policy implications, which are believed to facilitate the practices of energy conservation and emission reduction in China.

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The impact of polycentric development on regional gap of energy efficiency: A Chinese provincial perspective

Cited by 31 publications

References 77 publications

Influence Mechanism of Polycentric Spatial Structure on Urban Land Use Efficiency: A Moderated Mediation Model

Influence Mechanism of Polycentric Spatial Structure on Urban Land Use Efficiency: A Moderated Mediation Model

Can regional integration narrow city-level energy efficiency gap in China?

The impact of high-tech industry development on energy efficiency and its influencing mechanisms

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