Frontiers in Environmental Science,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: Aug. 30, 2024
Digital
technology
plays
a
vital
role
in
driving
toward
zero-carbon
future.
This
paper
explores
whether
new
infrastructure,
serving
as
carriers
for
digital
technology,
contributes
to
carbon
reduction
and
efficiency
gains
cities.
Drawing
on
panel
data
from
280
Chinese
cities
spanning
2011
2019,
we
establish
theoretical
analytical
framework
investigate
how
infrastructure
influences
urban
performance
through
the
perspectives
of
influence,
threshold,
spatial
spillover
effects.
The
study
reveals
that
infrastructures
development
has
contributing
effect
total
factor
productivity
cities,
with
consistent
results
across
various
testing
methods.
Additionally,
threshold
test
suggests
dual
regional
energy
consumption
enhancing
productivity,
exhibiting
nonlinear
characteristics.
Furthermore,
construction
accelerates
local
emission
performance,
while
having
positive
neighboring
provides
innovative
ideas
experiences
China
global
realization
simultaneous
promotion
economy
conservation
reduction.
