Analysis on Measurement and Spatial Pattern of Foundation for Digital Economic Development in Chinese Cities:Evidence from 296 Cities at or above the Prefecture Level
A comprehensive measurement index system for the foundation of digital economic development is constructed.The catastrophe pro-gression and entropy method are used to evaluate,and spatial analysis methods are used to analyze spatial characteristics.It is found that the foundation of digital economic development in Chinese cities is quite different,even 66.89%of cities fall into poor and general categories.The foundation of digital economic development has characteristics of spatial polarization.At the regional level,the score pattern is"eastern>cen-tral>northeast>western",and cities of the province-level municipalities,provincial capitals and other major cities have the best foundation.The foundation of digital economic development presents significant positive dependence in space,and the positive dependence is stronger under economic distance and administrative distance.Furthermore,the spatial concentration of cold and hot spots is obvious.
urban economydigital economyfoundation for developmentindex measurespatial pattern