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The interplay among energy utilisation efficiency and industrial agglomeration through spatial heterogeneity insights
1School of Economics and Management, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030000, Shanxi, China. tianxinb@sxu.edu.cn.
Scientific Reports
|February 11, 2025
Summary
China
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Economics
- Urban Studies
Background:
- Accelerated industrial economic growth in China necessitates balancing energy use efficiency and industrial agglomeration for sustainable development.
- Understanding the interplay between energy efficiency and industrial concentration is crucial for China's economic trajectory.
- Regional disparities in China's development highlight the need for tailored strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To measure energy use efficiency and industrial agglomeration levels in Chinese cities from 2010 to 2020.
- To construct a coupled coordination model to assess the relationship between energy use efficiency and industrial agglomeration.
- To analyze the temporal, spatial, and economic scale dynamics of this coupling coordination.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from 280 Chinese cities (prefecture level and above) from 2010 to 2020.
- Developed a coupled coordination model based on system theory to evaluate the interaction between energy use efficiency and industrial agglomeration.
- Employed spatial correlation analysis and examined regional and economic scale heterogeneity.
Main Results:
- Overall coordinated development between energy efficiency and industrial agglomeration in China is generally positive but shows cyclical fluctuations and regional variations.
- Eastern and southern coastal regions, along with the Yangtze River middle reaches, demonstrate better coordination, while the northwest and northeast lag.
- Coordination levels correlate positively with urban economic scale, with energy efficiency often lagging behind industrial agglomeration, leading to low-level coupling.
Conclusions:
- China's coordinated development of energy efficiency and industrial agglomeration is generally good, with regional disparities and a positive link to economic scale.
- Energy efficiency deficits behind industrial agglomeration are a primary driver of coordination issues, resulting in common low-level coupling.
- Despite balanced regional distribution, local differences persist; spatial correlations suggest potential for balanced development through enhanced inter-regional exchange.
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