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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Environmental Health and Exposome
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1465896
This article is part of the Research Topic Greening Urban Spaces and Human Health, Volume III View all articles

Pathways and Enhanced Evaluation System for Green Low-Carbon Development Across Diverse Chinese Regions

Provisionally accepted
Wenjie Li Wenjie Li 1Jie Guo Jie Guo 2*
  • 1 North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
  • 2 Henan University, Kaifeng, China

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    Background: Rapid economic growth in China has led to significant resource and environmental challenges, particularly in less economically developed regions. This study aims to identify effective strategies for achieving green, low-carbon development in these regions during the economic transition. Methods: We employed the Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) method to scrutinize the impact of economic, demographic, industrial, and technological factors on low-carbon development across a selection of Chinese provinces, including Qinghai,

    Keywords: Low carbon development, Economic transition, Green economy, fsQCA, sustainable development

    Received: 17 Jul 2024; Accepted: 04 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li and Guo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Jie Guo, Henan University, Kaifeng, China

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