TY - JOUR

T1 - The driving effect of energy efficiency change

T2 - From the perspective of collaborative innovation development pattern

AU - Cao, L.

AU - Wu, Y.

AU - Li, L.

PY - 2023/3/31

Y1 - 2023/3/31

N2 - Energy efficiency enhancement and carbon reduction are essential means by which to promote carbon neutralization. However, is the constant pursuit of improving energy efficiency always conducive to urban development? The collaborative innovation development pattern has become the focus of regional competition. Thus, this paper establishes a new paradigm for analyzing the driving effect of energy efficiency change from the perspective of collaborative innovation development pattern. Using panel data from cities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration in China from 2009 to 2019, the DEA-Malmquist and projection pursuit models calculate the energy efficiency change and collaborative innovation city construction level. Then, we use the Tobit model to analyze the reverse forcing effect of energy efficiency change on collaborative innovation city construction level from the dual perspectives of energy efficiency changes at different levels and geographical locations. The results show that the driving effect of energy efficiency change is U-shaped. In addition, there are some city differences, and the U-shaped relationship only exists in high-efficiency cities, the Wuhan Metropolitan Area and the Poyang Urban Agglomeration. This paper also finds that industrial structure, government interaction, development level, and population density impact collaborative innovation development pattern. Finally, these findings provide policy-makers with new ideas to promote sustainable urban development.

AB - Energy efficiency enhancement and carbon reduction are essential means by which to promote carbon neutralization. However, is the constant pursuit of improving energy efficiency always conducive to urban development? The collaborative innovation development pattern has become the focus of regional competition. Thus, this paper establishes a new paradigm for analyzing the driving effect of energy efficiency change from the perspective of collaborative innovation development pattern. Using panel data from cities in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River urban agglomeration in China from 2009 to 2019, the DEA-Malmquist and projection pursuit models calculate the energy efficiency change and collaborative innovation city construction level. Then, we use the Tobit model to analyze the reverse forcing effect of energy efficiency change on collaborative innovation city construction level from the dual perspectives of energy efficiency changes at different levels and geographical locations. The results show that the driving effect of energy efficiency change is U-shaped. In addition, there are some city differences, and the U-shaped relationship only exists in high-efficiency cities, the Wuhan Metropolitan Area and the Poyang Urban Agglomeration. This paper also finds that industrial structure, government interaction, development level, and population density impact collaborative innovation development pattern. Finally, these findings provide policy-makers with new ideas to promote sustainable urban development.

KW - Collaborative innovation development pattern

KW - Driving effect

KW - Energy efficiency change

KW - Tobit model

KW - Urban agglomeration

KW - Agglomeration

KW - Carbon

KW - Population statistics

KW - Urban growth

KW - City construction

KW - Collaborative innovation

KW - Development patterns

KW - Efficiency enhancement

KW - U-shaped

KW - Urban agglomerations

KW - Energy efficiency

KW - agglomeration

KW - energy efficiency

KW - neutralization

KW - reduction

KW - China

KW - Hubei

KW - Wuhan

KW - Yangtze River

U2 - 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.107011

DO - 10.1016/j.eiar.2022.107011

M3 - Journal article

VL - 99

JO - Environmental Impact Assessment Review

JF - Environmental Impact Assessment Review

SN - 0195-9255

M1 - 107011

ER -