Power Source and Driving Factors of Green Transformation of Resource-Based Cities in China
Promoting the green transformation of resource-based cities is an important issue to improve the coordinated development of regions and make up for the shortcomings of transformation.Based on the samples of 111 resource-based cities,this paper reveals the power source and driving factors of green transformation of resource-based cities in China from 2004 to 2019 using the methods of the data envelopment analysis and the quantile regression model.The results show that:1)The green transformation performance of resource-based cities increased cumulatively by 0.33%in 2004-2019.In terms of distribution location,the green transformation performance of resource-based cities in the south of China is higher than that in the north of China.With regards to development types,the green transformation performance of declining-type cities is higher than that of regenerative-type,mature-type,and growing-type cities.2)From the perspective of endogenous,technological progress has emerged as a catalyst for promoting growth in the performance of green transformation among resource-based cities,with environmental pollution treatment technology improvements making significant contributions.3)From the perspective of exogenous,there are notable variations in both size and direction regarding how environmental regulation and industrial structure impact the performance of green transformation across different regions and types of resource-based cities.Notably,employment structure optimization and financial development exert substantial positive effects on the green transformation performance of resource-based cities at each quantile level.