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Synergistic Systems of Digitalization and Urbanization in Driving Urban Green Development: A Configurational Analysis of China’s Yellow River Basin

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Publicado en:Systems vol. 13, no. 6 (2025), p. 426-449
Autor principal: Tan Shizheng
Otros Autores: Li, Wei, Liu, Xiaoguang, Li, Pengfei, Le, Yan, Chen, Liang
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MDPI AG
Materias:
Yellow River
China
Industrial development
Investigations
River basins
Air pollution
Complex systems
Research & development > R&D
Economic growth
Energy consumption
Regional development
Qualitative analysis
Big Data
Artificial intelligence
Sustainable development
River basin development
Systems theory
Digital economy
Synergistic effect
Gross Domestic Product > GDP
Digitization
Literature reviews
Subsystems
Urbanization
Cloud computing
Economic development
Digital technology
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Resumen:Urban green development has become a crucial approach for balancing ecological conservation and socio-economic development. The digital economy (DE) and new-type urbanization (NTU), as technological and social systems, respectively, are both driving urban green development. In this context, furthering their synergistic effects could substantially improve urban sustainability outcomes. Grounded in sociotechnical systems theory, this study applied pooled and multi-period fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to analyze urban green development pathways in 79 Yellow River Basin cities (2020–2022). The pooled fsQCA indicates that urban green development is driven by synergistic interaction within the NTU-DE subsystem, especially industrial digitalization–spatial urbanization. The multi-period fsQCA further demonstrates that industrial digitization has always existed as a core condition, which means that it plays a more general role. In addition, the Yellow River Basin exhibits distinct regional variations in urban green development, where the downstream region is dominantly driven by DE and spatial urbanization, the upstream region by industrial digitization, and the midstream region demonstrates diversified pathways. This study enhances understanding of complex system interactions in urban green development and provides policy-relevant insights. For policy implementation, local governments should not only prioritize effective synergies between industrial digitization and spatial urbanization but also develop differentiated strategies for the DE and NTU subsystems based on local conditions.
ISSN:2079-8954
DOI:10.3390/systems13060426
Fuente:Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database