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Spatial-temporal Heterogeneity of Green Development Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors in Growing Metropolitan Area: A Case Study for the Xuzhou Metropolitan Area

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This study analyzed the spatial-temporal heterogeneity of green development efficiency and its influencing factors in the growing Xuzhou Metropolitan Area for the period 2000-2015. The slacks-based measure (SBM) model, spatial autocorrelation, and the geographically weighted regression (GWR) model were used to conduct the analysis. The conclusions were as follows: first, the overall efficiency of green development of the Xuzhou Metropolitan Area decreased, the regional differences and spatial agglomeration shrunk and differences within the region were the main contributors to the regional differences of green development efficiency. Second, the counties with high-efficiency green development were distributed along the coast, and along the routes of the Beijing-Shanghai and the Eastern Longhai railways. A developing axis of the high-efficiency counties was the main feature of the spatial pattern for green development efficiency. Third, regarding spatial correlation and green development efficiency, the High-High type counties in the Xuzhou Metropolitan Area formed a centralized distribution corridor along the inter-provincial border areas of Henan and Jiangsu, whereas the Low-Low type counties were concentrated in the external, marginal parts of the metropolitan area. Fourth, the major factors (ranked in decreasing order of impact) influencing green development efficiency were innovation, government regulations, the economic development level, energy consumption, and industrial structure. These factors exerted their influence to varying extents; the influence of the same factor had different effects in different regions and obvious spatial differences were observed for the different regions.

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  1. School of Geography, Geomatics and Planning, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Fangdao Qiu, Yang Chen, Juntao Tan, Ziyan Zheng & Xinlin Zhang

  2. Urban-Rural Integration Development Research Institute, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, 221116, China

    Fangdao Qiu, Yang Chen, Juntao Tan, Ziyan Zheng & Xinlin Zhang

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    Jibin Liu

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Foundation item: Under the auspices of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41671123, 41971158, 41671122), Major Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research of Jiangsu Universities (No. 2018SJZDA010)

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Qiu, F., Chen, Y., Tan, J. et al. Spatial-temporal Heterogeneity of Green Development Efficiency and Its Influencing Factors in Growing Metropolitan Area: A Case Study for the Xuzhou Metropolitan Area. Chin. Geogr. Sci. 30, 352–365 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-020-1114-3

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