Abstract
Environmental regulation and technological innovation play important strategic roles in green growth, and the three systems interact and influence each other. Herein, we used a comprehensive development level evaluation model for calculating the environmental regulation and technological innovation indices for 17 cities in Shandong Province. We used the slack-based measure-data envelopment analysis (SBM-DEA) model to measure green development efficiency. The coupling coordination degree model was used to determine the coordination of environmental regulation, technological innovation, and green development; we divided the cities into three systems: green economy lagging, environmental regulation lagging, and technological innovation lagging. We used grey correlation analysis to explore the factors affecting system development. Eastern coastal cities were better developed in the three systems and the degree of coupling and coordination, like Qingdao and Weihai, and the observed level of technological innovation development, a critical factor in the coordinated development of cities, was lowest in Shandong Province. The grey correlation analysis illustrated that the level of economic development and the level of foreign economic development impacts cities labeled green economy lagging; the impact of pollutant emissions is greater than pollution control expenditure in environmental regulation lagging cities; and the government’s attention and the cultivation and attraction of talent are foundational for technological innovation in lagging cities. Considering these factors, we make recommendations for the optimal development of cities and coordinated development of regions.
Highlights
In recent years, a green development method that considers “economic growth, resource conservation, and environmental friendliness” has been paid adequate attention.The green development model has gradually become mainstream with the introduction of quality development [1,2,3]
The direct ecological benefits brought by environmental regulations and the indirect ecological benefits that drive technological innovation play a positive role in green development [6], environmental regulations may have a short-term impact on economic growth and technological innovation [7,8,9]
The improvement in the level of green development involves the progress of resource utilization efficiency and the improvement of the ecosystem so that more factors can contribute to the environmental regulation system and the scientific and technological innovation system, improving the infrastructure required and adding impetus for their further development
Summary
A green development method that considers “economic growth, resource conservation, and environmental friendliness” has been paid adequate attention.The green development model has gradually become mainstream with the introduction of quality development [1,2,3]. A green development method that considers “economic growth, resource conservation, and environmental friendliness” has been paid adequate attention. Improvements in scientific and technological innovation capabilities can directly or indirectly reduce. Sustainability 2022, 14, 501 pollution emissions and improve green development [10,11]. Environmental regulations can be targeted by using higher levels of technological innovation and green development, improving policy efficiency [12,13]. The improvement in the level of green development involves the progress of resource utilization efficiency and the improvement of the ecosystem so that more factors can contribute to the environmental regulation system and the scientific and technological innovation system, improving the infrastructure required and adding impetus for their further development
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