Does Smart City Construction Improve Urban Ecological Carrying Capacity?—Evidence Based on Quasi-natural Experiments
Smart city construction is of great significance for promoting urban economic development,but whether it can drive the improvement of urban carrying capacity is directly related to the realization of urban sustainable development goals.Based on the panel data of 215 prefecture-level cities in China from 2006 to 2022,this paper conducts a systematic evaluation and measurement of urban ecological carrying capacity,integrates urban ecological carrying capacity into the framework of smart city policy evaluation,and systematically analyzes the impact and transmission mechanism of smart city construction on urban ecological carrying capacity.The re-sults show that:(1)the construction of smart city generally improves the urban ecological carrying capacity;(2)Smart city con-struction promotes the improvement of urban ecological carrying capacity by promoting technological innovation,promoting the transfor-mation and upgrading of industrial structure,and increasing the intensity of environmental regulations;(3)High human resources,high financial expenditure and non-resource-based smart city construction play a greater role in improving urban ecological carrying ca-pacity.Based on this,the paper puts forward some policy suggestions to promote the improvement of urban ecological capacity from the aspects of strengthening the development of the new generation of information and communication technology,focusing on the cultivation of urban digital talents and avoiding the trap of"resource curse".
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