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Arid Land Geography ›› 2024, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 158-169.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2023.313

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Spatiotemporal evolution characteristics and influencing factors of green innovation in the Yellow River Basin

REN Guixiu(),LIU Kai()   

  1. School of Geography and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, Shandong, China
  • Received:2023-06-27 Revised:2023-09-14 Online:2024-01-25 Published:2024-01-26

Abstract:

This study uses green patent data to characterize green innovation by taking 89 prefecture-level and above cities in the Yellow River Basin of China from 2005 to 2020 as the research object. It employs a standard deviation ellipse and spatial autocorrelation to unveil green innovation’s spatial and temporal evolution pattern. In addition, it uses a spatial Durbin model to analyze the factors influencing green innovation and decompose the spatial effects of various factors. The results indicate that: (1) green innovation in the Yellow River Basin and its upstream, midstream, and downstream areas demonstrate a rapid development trend. (2) The standard deviation ellipse of green innovation reveals a “northeast-southwest” distribution pattern with stable parameters. The center of gravity exhibits a moving pattern of “first east and then west”. (3) Global spatial autocorrelation of green innovation is evident, with local spatial autocorrelation primarily characterized by high-high and low-low patterns. (4) Science and technology investment substantially positively impacts green innovation. The full-time equivalent of urban research and experimental development personnel and the proportion of the tertiary industry exhibit a substantial negative spatial spillover effect. Conversely, the number of books in public libraries and the green coverage of built-up areas demonstrate a substantial positive spatial spillover effect. (5) Science and technology investment has the strongest positive effect of promoting green innovation in the upper reaches. The upgrading of industrial structure substantially promotes the development of green innovation in the middle reaches. Simultaneously, social culture plays a strong positive role in advancing green innovation in the lower reaches.

Key words: green innovation, ellipse of standard deviation, spatial autocorrelation, spatial Durbin model, Yellow River Basin