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. 2023 Sep 1;13(1):14387.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-41621-4.

Spatial-temporal evolution and spatial spillover of the green efficiency of urban construction land in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Jialiang Zhou  1
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Spatial-temporal evolution and spatial spillover of the green efficiency of urban construction land in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China

Jialiang Zhou. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

There are urgent ecological and environmental problems in the process of the utilization of urban construction land, promoting green utilization of construction land is conducive to urban sustainable development and high-quality economic development. Based on the panel data of 108 prefecture-level and above cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China from 2003 to 2017, this paper uses the super-efficiency SBM model to measure the green efficiency of urban construction land (GEUCL), analyzes its spatial-temporal evolution characteristics, and constructs the spatial autoregressive model to study its spatial spillover effects from the perspective of urban hierarchy. It is found that, in terms of temporal variation, the average efficiency value shows a fluctuating upward trend during the study period, rising from 0.27 in 2003 to 0.39 in 2017, the cumulative growth rate is 44.44%, with an average annual growth rate of 3.14%. In terms of spatial distribution characteristics, during the study period, the number of medium-efficiency and high-efficiency cities increases significantly, while the number of low-efficiency cities decreases sharply; high-efficiency cities always present scattered distribution, while medium-efficiency cities change from scattered distribution to agglomeration distribution. In addition, GEUCL has significantly positive spatial spillover effects between neighboring cities of different grades and between neighboring cities of the same grade, among them, the increase of GEUCL in higher-grade cities has significantly positive spatial spillover effects on that in adjacent lower-grade cities; the increase of GEUCL in lower-grade cities has significantly positive spatial spillover effects on that in neighboring higher-grade cities; GEUCL has significantly positive spatial spillover effects between neighboring cities of the same grade.

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The geographical position of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, China.
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The change trend of average GEUCL in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China from 2003 to 2017.
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Figure 3
The spatial distribution of GEUCL in the Yangtze River Economic Belt of China.
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