A Study on the Path to the Sustainable Development of Sports-Consuming Cities—A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Sets Based on Data from 35 Cities in China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Basis
2.1. Promotion and Assistance of Government Policies
- Tax benefits for sports facility repair.
- Specific financing assistance for sporting event marketing.
- Scientific direction for the growth of mass sports.
2.2. Expert Human Resources
2.3. Sports Competitions and Activities
2.4. Sports Venues and Facilities
2.5. Sponsorship of Sports Enterprises
3. Study Design
3.1. Selection of Research Methods
3.2. Study Case Selection and Data Source
3.3. Variable Selection and Assignment Rules
4. Study Results and Analysis
4.1. Analysis of the Necessary Conditions
4.2. Conditional Configuration Analysis
4.3. Robustness Test
4.4. Case Analysis
5. Conclusions, Suggestions and Prospects
5.1. Conclusions
5.2. Suggestions
- (1)
- Actively encourage the revision of the People’s Republic of China Sports Law and the establishment of a sound system of rules and regulations to monitor the execution of sports policies, control the order of the sports market, and defend the public’s rights and interests in sports.
- (2)
- Strategic planning and development tailored to local circumstances. Different combinations of factors result in various cause–effect correlations. Each city’s geographical location, resource endowment, economic level, cultural legacy, and policy orientation vary, resulting in diverse growth pathways for sports-consuming communities. The government should appraise the city’s assets in terms of hardware and software and create a route for developing a sports-consuming city based on local circumstances.
- (3)
- Strengthening the hardware on the longboard Stadiums and athletic events is a critical component of the long-term growth of sports-consuming cities. First, vigorously promote the PPP model to enhance the quality of public sports service provision. Second, make information on sports land publicly accessible and calculate the extent of land taxes. Finally, we will foster the long-term growth of the sports business by expanding on the notion of “carbon neutrality.”
- (4)
- Make up for software flaws. To begin, extend the paradigm of collaboration between business, research, and universities to cultivate excellent sports talent consistently. Second, the Chinese government should take the lead in improving governance effectiveness and promoting the execution of sports policies. Finally, the market competition mechanism is optimized to encourage social capital formation.
5.3. Outlook and Shortcomings
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable Category | Variable Name | Variable Explanation | Metrics | Assignment Rules | Data Sources |
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Result variables | Sustainable development of sports-consuming cities | Assessing the potential for high-quality development of the urban sports industry | The total scale of sports consumption in various cities in 2020 | Calibrate according to ternary fuzzy set (0.95, 0.5, 0.05) | Each city’s “14th Five-Year Plan for Sports Business” and “Resident Sports Consumption Survey and Analysis Report” in 2020 |
Condition variable | Promotion and assistance of government policies | Provide guarantees and opportunities for the high-quality development of the sports industry | a. Provide preferential policies for the development of the sports industry; b. Create a resource trading platform for the sports industry; c. Implement the “Sports+” model; d. Optimize the supply mechanism of public sports services; e. Serve or invite a certain Head of international sports organizations; f. Assist with financial services | 1 for both; 0.67 for more than 4 items; 0.33 for more than 2 items; 0 for none | The “Work Plan for the Construction of China’s Sports Consumption Pilot Cities” and the “Implementation Plan for Promoting National Fitness and Sports Consumption to Promote High-Quality Development of the Sports Industry” issued by various cities |
Expert human resources | Provide high-quality composite talents for high-quality sports industry development | a. Improve the social sports talent archive; b. Improve the professional sports certification system; c. Use schools, enterprises, or social channels to cultivate professional talents; d. The government, schools, and social organizations link up with each other to form a cooperative relationship between industry, education, and research | 1 for both; 0.75 for 3 items; 0.5 for 2 items; 0.25 for 1 item; 0 for none | ||
Sports competitions and activities | Build a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the sports business | a. Hold national sports events; b. Hold international sports events; c. Hold a professional competition; d. Host a national fitness event | All meet 1; meet 2 items for 0.67; meet 1 item is 0.33; both are not satisfied with 0 | ||
Stadiums and facilities | Provide a stable material guarantee for the high-quality development of the sports industry | a. Optimize the land supply of sports venues; b. Improve the construction of sports venues (intelligent); c. The operating mechanism of innovative sports venues (including OT, ROT, and BOT) | All is satisfied with 1; 0.67 for 2 items; 0.33 for 1 item; 0.33 for 1 item; all are not satisfied with 0 | ||
Sponsorship of sports enterprises | Provide economic support for the high-quality development of the sports industry | a. Stadiums receive various amounts of corporate support.; b. Various levels of corporate funding for sporting events; c. Companies provide multi-level support for athletes | All is satisfied with 1; 0.67 for 2 items; 0.33 for 1 item; and 0.33 for 1 item; and 0 for none |
City (Autonomous Region, Municipality Directly under the Central Government) | The Construction of Sports Consumption City | Promotion and Assistance of Government Policies | Specialist Human Resources | Sports Competitions and Events Stadiums | Facilities Sports | Corporate Sponsorship |
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Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province | 0.79 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.67 |
Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.75 | 1 | 1 | 0.33 |
Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.75 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
Hefei City, Anhui Province | 0.77 | 0 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
Huangshan City, Anhui Province | 0.05 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
Fuzhou City, Fujian Province | 0.74 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Xiamen City, Fujian Province | 0.59 | 1 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.67 | 1 |
Sanming City, Fujian Province | 0.09 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
Nanchang, Jiangxi Province | 0.5 | 0.33 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province | 0.05 | 0.33 | 0.25 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
Variable | Consistency | Coverage |
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Promotion and assistance of government policies | 0.666667 | 0.679463 |
~Promotion and assistance of government policies | 0.622097 | 0.511616 |
Expert human resources | 0.770873 | 0.566682 |
~Expert human resources | 0.563088 | 0.672918 |
Sports competitions and activities | 0.979912 | 0.508635 |
~Sports competitions and activities | 0.135593 | 0.50116 |
Sports venues and facilities | 0.915882 | 0.526145 |
~Sports venues and facilities | 0.33145 | 0.726272 |
Sports enterprise sponsorship | 0.691149 | 0.636784 |
~Sports enterprise sponsorship | 0.673572 | 0.605872 |
Condition | Configuration 1 | Configuration 2 | Configuration 3 | Configuration 4 |
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Promotion and assistance of government policies | • | ○ | ○ | |
Expert Human Resources | • | ○ | • | |
Sports Games and Events | ● | ● | ● | |
Sports venues and facilities | ● | ● | ● | |
Sports corporate sponsorship | ○ | ○ | ||
Consistency | 0.72541 | 0.623219 | 0.74026 | 0.626374 |
Original coverage | 0.666667 | 0.741369 | 0.429379 | 0.500942 |
Unique coverage | 0.0734463 | 0.042059 | 0.0313873 | 0.0188321 |
Total consistency | 0.873823 | |||
Total coverage | 0.601296 |
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Li, X.; Yu, R.; Yan, C.; Xie, H. A Study on the Path to the Sustainable Development of Sports-Consuming Cities—A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Sets Based on Data from 35 Cities in China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610188
Li X, Yu R, Yan C, Xie H. A Study on the Path to the Sustainable Development of Sports-Consuming Cities—A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Sets Based on Data from 35 Cities in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):10188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610188
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Xinze, Ronghui Yu, Chenjie Yan, and Hongwei Xie. 2022. "A Study on the Path to the Sustainable Development of Sports-Consuming Cities—A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy Sets Based on Data from 35 Cities in China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 10188. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610188