School of Economics and Management, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Sep;31(43):55388-55409. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-34854-x. Epub 2024 Sep 4.
Urban industrial pollution plays a dominant role in environmental pollution in China. Exploring the digital governance path of urban industrial pollution can provide strong support for improving environmental quality. This article empirically investigates the role and path of digitalization in the governance of urban industrial pollution from three dimensions: economic scale, structural scale, and technological scale. The results show that there is an inverted "U"-shaped relationship between digitalization and urban industrial pollution, with initial promotion followed by suppression. Among them, economic scale, industrial transformation and upgrading, and green innovation are the paths for digital governance of urban industrial pollution. In addition, there is a chain path of "green innovation-industrial transformation and upgrading" between the two. Through spatial Durbin model and regional heterogeneity analysis, it is found that digitalization has a spatial spillover effect on urban industrial pollution control, and eastern regions, regions with high economic development level and industrialized cities benefit more from digital urban industrial pollution control. The research conclusions of this article provide references for the Chinese government to formulate relevant policies, deepen the integration of digitalization and urban industrial pollution, and promote digital governance of urban industrial pollution.
城市工业污染在中国的环境污染中占主导地位。探索城市工业污染的数字化治理路径，可以为提高环境质量提供有力支持。本文从经济规模、结构规模和技术规模三个维度，实证研究了数字化在城市工业污染治理中的作用和路径。结果表明，数字化与城市工业污染之间存在倒“U”型关系，先促进后抑制。其中，经济规模、产业转型升级和绿色创新是数字化治理城市工业污染的路径。此外，两者之间存在“绿色创新-产业转型升级”的链式路径。通过空间杜宾模型和区域异质性分析，发现数字化对城市工业污染治理具有空间溢出效应，东部地区、经济发展水平高的地区和工业化城市从数字化城市工业污染治理中获益更多。本文的研究结论为中国政府制定相关政策、深化数字化与城市工业污染融合、推进城市工业污染数字化治理提供了参考。
