A Study on the Coupled and Coordinated Development of the Logistics Industry, Digitalization, and Ecological Civilization in Chinese Regions

Weihua Gan, Wenpei Yao, Shuying Huang and Yanan Liu
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Weihua Gan: School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Wenpei Yao: School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Shuying Huang: School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Yanan Liu: School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: The digital economy is booming worldwide, and industrial digitalization in particular has recently become very popular in China. This paper examines the coupled and coordinated development of the logistics industry, digitalization, and ecological civilization, as well as the barriers in China’s ecological civilization pilot provinces (Fujian, Jiangxi, Guizhou, and Hainan). The study shows that these four provinces have neglected ecological civilization in the coordinated development of the three. In terms of spatial and temporal distribution, the coupled coordination of the three in Fujian and Jiangxi provinces fluctuates at a high level. The three-coupling coordination of Guizhou and Hainan provinces, on the other hand, fluctuates at a low level. On this basis, the main reasons for the coordinated development of the logistics industry, digitalization, and ecological civilization in four Chinese provinces are analyzed and some specific suggestions are made.

Keywords: logistics industry; digitalization; ecological civilization; coupling and coordination degree; barrier degree (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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