Spatio-temporal evolution and driving mechanism of the dual transformation and coordination between digitalization and greening.

Abstract

The mutual empowerment and coordinated advancement of digitization and greening are intrinsic requirements for social development. This paper collects data from 30 provinces in China from 2013 to 2023 to measure the level of digitization and greening. Then, we use the coupling coordination degree model to clarify the coupling coordination relationship between the two, and utilize the Gini coefficient to explore the degree of difference and the trend of change. Finally, the driving factors affecting coupling coordination are analyzed by using geographic detector. The results indicate that the levels of digitization and greening in China have steadily improved, showing a spatial feature of "high in the east and low in the central and western regions". Digitization and greening have experienced marginal coordination, low coordination, and finally entered the stage of moderate coordination. The overall difference is mainly caused by inter-regional differences. The digitization, greening, economic level, and technology innovation are the major driving factors for coupling coordination of digitization and greening. Therefore, the government should steadfastly guide digitization and greening, and introduce targeted policies for the synergistic development of digitization and greening in accordance with local conditions.