ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Research on the Dynamic Evolution
and Improvement Path of Inclusive Green
Development Efficiency in China:
a Perspective of Urban
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State Key Laboratory of Mining Response and Disaster Prevention and Control in Deep Coal Mines,
Huainan, Anhui, 232001, China
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College of Economy and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology,
Huainan, Anhui, 232001, China
Submission date: 2022-04-01
Final revision date: 2022-07-05
Acceptance date: 2022-07-11
Online publication date: 2022-10-17
Publication date: 2022-12-08
Corresponding author
Xiaodong Wang
College of Economy and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology,
Huainan, Anhui, 232001, China
Shuhang Zhao
College of Economy and Management, Anhui University of Science and Technology,
Huainan, Anhui, 232001, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2022;31(6):5711-5726
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ABSTRACT
Rapid urbanization in China has led to resource depletion, environmental pollution, and social
inequity. The cornerstone of China’s high-quality economic development is inclusive green development,
which has developed as the society’s primary objective. Based on the panel data of 16 prefecture-level
cities in Anhui Province from 2011 to 2020, the study explores the connotation of urban inclusive green
development efficiency (IGDE) and evaluates IGDE using the hierarchical entropy weight TOPSIS model
combined with the global-Super-SBM model. The current situation and problems of IGDE in Anhui
Province are thoroughly analyzed, then the Global-Malmquist index is used to analyze the structural
dynamics of efficiency dynamics, the Theil index to explore the sources of regional differences
in efficiency and the efficiency slackness index to discover the causes of low-efficiency losses.
The results indicate that, technological progress is the key factor affecting IGDE. Intra-regional variation
is the primary source of regional variation in IGDE. The inadequacy of infrastructure, medical level,
educational equity, and green status are the four decisive aspects that cause the low efficiency of IGDE
for the whole, but the weaknesses of IGDE are specifically from city to city. According to the above, the
practical promotion path of IGDE in Anhui province has been obtained.