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Smart city construction and new-type urbanization quality improvement
RongJun Zhou1, Siqi Chen2, Bingbing Zhang3,4
1School of Economics and law, Chaohu University, Hefei, 238000, China.
Scientific Reports
|November 29, 2023
Summary
The smart city pilot policy significantly improves new-type urbanisation quality by optimizing industrial structure and fostering innovation. This effect is more pronounced in industrial bases, resource-based cities, and large cities.
Area of Science:
- Urban Studies
- Public Policy
- Information Science
Background:
- New-type urbanisation is a key national strategy in China.
- Smart city initiatives aim to improve urban governance and quality of life.
- Understanding the impact of smart city policies on urban development is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the theoretical mechanism of the smart city pilot policy's influence on new-type urbanisation quality.
- To quantitatively evaluate the impact of the smart city pilot policy on urbanisation quality.
- To explore the heterogeneity and underlying mechanisms of this impact.
Main Methods:
- Quantitative text analysis of smart city pilot policies.
- Revised entropy technique to measure new-type urbanisation quality (2007-2018).
- Difference-in-Difference (DID) model using the policy as a quasi-natural experiment.
Main Results:
- The smart city pilot policy significantly enhances new-type urbanisation quality.
- Robustness checks (parallel trend, PSM, placebo tests) confirm the findings.
- Heterogeneity analysis shows greater impact in industrial bases, resource-based, and large cities.
Conclusions:
- Smart city policies are effective in improving urbanisation quality.
- Mechanisms include industrial structure optimization and innovation driven by smart governance and public services.
- Targeted smart city strategies can maximize benefits for diverse urban types.
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