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Economic Resilience and Regional Green Growth

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Ecology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 11367

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Juntao Tan

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School of Geography, Geomatics and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: regional economic resilience; transformation of resource-based cities; regional green growth
Dr. Xin Li

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School of Public Policy and Management, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Interests: land use resilience; urban and rural economic transformation; ecological resilience
Dr. Yijia Chen

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Guangzhou Institute of Geography, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 51000, China
Interests: regional economic resilience; regional diversification; green technology and product
Dr. Jing Chen

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College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
Interests: relatedness; regional diversification; regional economic resilience

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Since the outbreak of the Global Financial Crisis in 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the concept of ‘economic resilience’ has been increasingly used in the literature to explain the differential performance of regions before, during and after a crisis. Economic resilience generally refers to the capability of a social–economic system to recover from shocks, which may be economic crises, pandemics, natural disasters, etc. At the same time, environmental degradation and pollution are viewed as unavoidable consequences of economic growth, and the concept of ‘green growth’ has gained more attention from policymakers and academics as an alternative paradigm for economic prosperity with the explicit consideration of environmental constraints. At the core of green growth is the development and diffusion of technologies and products that have environmental benefits. Against this backdrop, the intersection of both of these topics raises the question of the relationship between economic resilience and green growth.

The aim of this Special Issue is to theorize about the “Economic resilience and regional green growth”. Another objective of this Special Issue is to publish original and innovative research papers and case studies, from both qualitative and quantitative methodological approaches. We welcome conceptual, empirical and methodological contributions that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • How does regional green growth affect regional economic resilience?
  • What kinds of green technologies and products can improve regional economic resilience?
  • Which regions/cities have the capabilities to develop green technologies and products to improve their economic resilience?
  • Methodological approaches to improve the measurement of economic resilience and regional green growth.
  • Policies for regional green growth and economic resilience.

Dr. Juntao Tan
Dr. Xin Li
Dr. Yijia Chen
Dr. Jing Chen
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • economic resilience
  • social–ecological resilience and adaptability
  • regional green growth
  • green technology and product
  • green economy
  • COVID-19 pandemic
  • sustainability transition
  • green industrial policy
  • resilience policy

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Can Internet Construction Promote Urban Green Development? A Quasi-Natural Experiment from the “Broadband China”
by Kangjuan Lv, Jiaqi Li and Ye Zhao
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(6), 4709; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064709 - 7 Mar 2023
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Broadband, as a key element of Internet infrastructure, plays an important role in breaking down barriers to the flow of production factors and promoting green economic transformation. Using the “Broadband China” strategy as a quasi-natural experiment, this study examines the impact and mechanisms [...] Read more.
Broadband, as a key element of Internet infrastructure, plays an important role in breaking down barriers to the flow of production factors and promoting green economic transformation. Using the “Broadband China” strategy as a quasi-natural experiment, this study examines the impact and mechanisms of Internet infrastructure on urban green development by constructing a multi-period Difference-in-Differences (DID) model based on panel data from 277 Chinese prefecture-level cities from 2009 to 2019. The results show that the “Broadband China” pilot policy significantly promotes urban green development, with green technological innovation and talent aggregation playing important moderating roles. However, there is a certain lag in the impact of the “Broadband China” pilot policy on urban green development. Furthermore, our heterogeneity analysis suggests that the promotion of the “Broadband China” pilot policy for urban green development mainly exists in central cities, large-scale cities, and resource-based cities, as opposed to surrounding cities, small-scale cities, and non-resource-based cities. The above findings clarify the impact of Internet construction on urban green development and provide a theoretical and practical exploration for achieving a win-win situation of high-quality urban development and environmental protection. Full article
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Impact of Environmental Uncertainties and Strategic Flexibility in Innovation Activities on NEV Battery Recycling Firms in China
by Jingxian Liu, Yingyu Wu and Lili Liu
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3497; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043497 - 16 Feb 2023
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Due to the popularization and development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) worldwide, power batteries that have been used are being retired and replaced. In China’s battery recycling industry, the legal NEV battery recycling enterprises are at a negative financial performance. Based on theory [...] Read more.
Due to the popularization and development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) worldwide, power batteries that have been used are being retired and replaced. In China’s battery recycling industry, the legal NEV battery recycling enterprises are at a negative financial performance. Based on theory of organizational adaptation, the key to innovation performance and sustainable development is recognition of the environment and strengthening organizational flexibility. This study empirically explores the bidirectional dynamic relationships among heterogeneous environmental uncertainties, innovation activities, firm growth and strategic flexibility in Chinese NEV battery recycling firms. A total of 1040 sample data were collected from 2015 to 2021. The research results demonstrate that environmental uncertainty (EU), strategic flexibility (SF) and innovation activities (INNO) all had impacts on firm growth (FG). Specifically, INNO had strongly negative effects in the short term, and in the long term, it will bring a positive effect to FG; the impact of EPU was more important than market uncertainty (MU) to FG and innovation activities. This could be due to the dependence of the Chinese NEV battery recycling industry on government policy. However, MU has a strong impact on SF. Moreover, the levels of SF should be reasonable, otherwise it could be a burden to enterprises. There also exists the bidirectional dynamic relationships between FG and INNO. This study contributes a non-core perspective to strategic flexibility research by revealing the complex environmental mechanism, and to the Chinese NEV battery recycling industry we provide a theoretical basis and practical guidance for government and firms on how to apply SF to promote innovation and realize growth in the present business environment. Full article
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Longitudinal Analysis of Sustainable Tourism Potential of the Black Sea Riparian States Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey
by Alina-Petronela Haller and Georgia-Daniela Tacu Hârșan
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 2971; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20042971 - 8 Feb 2023
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The three states that border the Black Sea benefit from an important potential for tourism and consider the development of this sector to be a major objective. Nonetheless, they face environmental risks. Tourism does not have a neutral impact on the ecosystem. We [...] Read more.
The three states that border the Black Sea benefit from an important potential for tourism and consider the development of this sector to be a major objective. Nonetheless, they face environmental risks. Tourism does not have a neutral impact on the ecosystem. We evaluated tourism sustainability for three states bordering the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey. We used a longitudinal data analysis applied to five variables for the period between 2005 and 2020. The data were taken from the World Bank website. The results show that tourism receipts significantly influence the environment. For all three countries, the total receipts from international tourism are unsustainable, while the receipts for travel items are sustainable. Sustainability factors are different for each country. The international tourism expenditures for Bulgaria, the total receipts for Romania and the receipts for travel items for Turkey are sustainable. In Bulgaria, the receipts from international tourism contribute to higher greenhouse gas emissions, i.e., negative environmental impact. In Romania and Turkey, the number of arrivals has the same impact. No sustainable tourism model could be identified for the three countries. Tourism activity was found to be sustainable only due to the receipts for travel items, that is, indirectly, from tourism-related activities. Full article
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The Influencing Effect of Tourism Economy on Green Development Efficiency in the Yangtze River Delta
by Meijuan Hu, Zaijun Li and Bing Hou
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(2), 1072; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021072 - 7 Jan 2023
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In the context of ecological priority and green development strategy, accelerating the upgrading of tourism structure and promoting the development of ecotourism is an important guarantee to achieve green and low-carbon economic growth and high-quality development. On the basis of constructing comprehensive evaluation [...] Read more.
In the context of ecological priority and green development strategy, accelerating the upgrading of tourism structure and promoting the development of ecotourism is an important guarantee to achieve green and low-carbon economic growth and high-quality development. On the basis of constructing comprehensive evaluation indicators of tourism development (TD) and green development efficiency (GDE), this study analyzed the impulse response relationship between TD and GDE and the impact effect of TD on GDE in the Yangtze River Delta region from 2000–2018. Findings showed that: (1) During the study period, TD generally exhibited a W-shaped fluctuating upward trend and GDE showed a staggered evolution of upward and downward fluctuations, while both regional gaps of TD and GDE continued to decrease. (2) Most cities had made a leap from low to medium, high, and higher levels of tourism development, with tourism development levels decreasing along the Yangtze River basin to the north and south of the delta. The overall green development efficiency was relatively low, showing a spatial pattern of high value in the southern delta and low value in the northwest delta. (3) There was a one-way Granger causality of TD on GDE, and the impact of TD on GDE showed a significant positive cumulative effect. (4) TD exhibited a significant inverted U-shaped impact on GDE. The economic development level and government intervention had a significant positive impact on GDE. The proportion of secondary industry, energy consumption intensity, and foreign direct investment had a significant negative driving effect on GDE. While the impact of environmental regulation on GDE was insignificant positive. This study has great practical significance to alleviate the problems of urban resources and environment, and to realize a green economy and high-quality life. Full article
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Spatial Distribution Pattern Evolution of the Population and Economy in Russia since the 21st Century
by Nanchen Chu, Xiangli Wu, Pingyu Zhang, Shuang Xu, Xiaonan Shi and Bo Jiang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 684; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010684 - 30 Dec 2022
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Under the background of “the Belt and Road” and “China, Mongolia and Russia economic corridor” initiatives, this paper studied the spatial distribution pattern evolution of population and economy in Russia since the 21st century, which could provide implications for the regional development planning, [...] Read more.
Under the background of “the Belt and Road” and “China, Mongolia and Russia economic corridor” initiatives, this paper studied the spatial distribution pattern evolution of population and economy in Russia since the 21st century, which could provide implications for the regional development planning, economic optimization layout, energy resource development, transportation infrastructure construction between China and Russia. Combined with the panel data of population, GDP, land area, etc., we used the gravity center analysis, geographic concentration degree, and inconsistency index to study Russia’s population pattern evolution trend, economic pattern evolution trend, spatial inconsistency types of population distribution and economic development. The results and conclusions are as follows. Russia’s population and economic gravity centers have migrated towards the northwest direction. Russia’s population and economic distribution pattern presents the unbalanced development trend, which could be characterized by the differentiation pattern of “High West, Low East” and “High South, Low North” divided by the Ural Federal District. In the southwest areas of Russia, the population concentration degree is higher than the economic concentration degree in most federal subjects. In the northeast areas of Russia, the economic concentration degree is higher than the population concentration degree in most federal subjects. Full article
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Spatial Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Mixed Land Use and Urban Vitality in Major Cities in China
by Lijing Dong and Lingyu Zhang
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(23), 15586; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315586 - 24 Nov 2022
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Based on the data from 35 major cities in China in 2020, this paper applies the Simpson’s diversity index, the entropy value method, and the coupling coordination degree model to comprehensively measure the coupling coordination level of mixed land use and urban vitality [...] Read more.
Based on the data from 35 major cities in China in 2020, this paper applies the Simpson’s diversity index, the entropy value method, and the coupling coordination degree model to comprehensively measure the coupling coordination level of mixed land use and urban vitality in major cities in China and further analyze their spatial distribution characteristics. In addition, this paper analyzes the factors affecting the spatial variation of the coupling coordination level with the help of the geographic probe model. The study finds that: (1) The overall level of coupling coordination between mixed land use and urban vitality is high in 35 major cities in China. There is no disorder between mixed land use and urban vitality. (2) In terms of the spatial distribution of the coupling coordination between mixed land use and urban vitality in 35 cities in China, five cities, namely Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, have the highest level of coupling coordination between mixed land use and urban vitality, reaching “good coordination” with a discrete spatial distribution. Central cities such as Hangzhou and Nanjing have the second highest level of coupling coordination and are at the “intermediate coordinate” with a “strip-like distribution” in space. Twenty cities in the north and south have the lowest coupling coordination levels and are in the “primary coordination.” Among these twenty cities, seven cities in the south have a higher level of coupling coordination than thirteen cities in the north, with a spatial distribution of a “C” shape. The northern cities have the lowest level of coupling coordination, with a “W”-shaped distribution in space. (3) Population size plays an essential role in guiding the level of coupling coordination between mixed land use and urban vitality in major cities in China, followed by government regulation and economic level. At the same time, transportation conditions and industrial structure have the weakest influence on the level of coupling coordination between mixed land use and urban vitality in major cities in China. Full article
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