Original title: The Digital Lever: How Can Digital Intelligence Transformation Drive Urban Green Innovation?
The study looks at whether China’s national big-data pilot-zone policy is linked to greener innovation in cities. It compares city data over time and finds that cities covered by the policy show higher green innovation. The authors identify two possible pathways: growth in the digital economy and stronger environmental regulationRules and oversight intended to limit harm to the environment.. They call the combined role of policy, digital tools, and regulation a “digital lever” framework.
Imagine a city trying to make its daily chores cleaner while keeping them affordable. Better tools can help, but without clear rules, people may not use them to reduce waste. In this paper, the tools stand for digital economic development, the rules stand for environmental regulation, and the city’s cleaner results stand for green innovation.
Cities face pressure to grow while reducing environmental harm. The findings suggest that digital development and stronger environmental regulation can work together to support green innovation, giving city policymakers two connected routes to consider.
The abstract reports findings for 287 prefecture-level cities in China from 2011 to 2022. It does not establish whether the same relationships hold in other countries or settings, explain the specific measures used for green innovation, or provide details about the methods used to test the policy’s effects.
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The Digital Lever: How Can Digital Intelligence Transformation Drive Urban Green Innovation? — Xiaohan Li — Sustainability — doi:10.3390/su181910174
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